parentate
intransitive verb
-ed/-ing/-s
obsolete
: to perform funeral rites especially for a parent or relative
Word History
Etymology
Latin parentatus, past participle of parentare to make an offering or sacrifice to the spirits of the family dead, from parent-, parens parent
- in someone's memory
- in someone's midst
- in someone's name
- in someone's or something's clutches
- in someone's or something's wake
- in someone's pocket
- in someone's power
- in someone's presence
- in someone's reach
- in someone's stead
- in someone's wisdom
- in someone's/something's name
- in someone's/something's stead
- in something's name
- in something's or someone's defense
- in something's stead
- in spades
- in spate
- in specie
- in spite of
- in spite of oneself
- in sport
- in springtime
- in sta
- in stages