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parse

parse [ paarss ] (past and past participle parsed, present participle pars·ing, 3rd person present singular pars·es)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb describe grammatical role of word: to describe the grammatical role of a word in a sentence, or undergo this process

2. transitive and intransitive verb analyze grammatical structure of sentence: to analyze and describe the grammatical structure of a sentence, or undergo this process

3. transitive verb comput analyze computer input: to analyze computer input in a specific language against the formal grammar of that language, both to validate the input and to create an internal representation of it for use in subsequent processing

[Mid-16th century. Perhaps < obsolete pars "parts of speech" < Old French]

pars·a·ble adjective
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