parsed

Variant of parse

transitive verb parsed, parsing

  1. to separate (a sentence) into its parts, explaining the grammatical form and function of each of the parts and their interrelation
  2. to describe the form, part of speech, and function of (a word in a sentence)

Origin: < L pars, a part, in quae pars orationis? what part of speech?

intransitive verb

  1. to parse a sentence or word
  2. to be capable of being parsed
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