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- Parenthesis - n. - A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes.
- Parenthesis - n. - One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase.
- Parenthesize - v. t. - To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks.
- Innuendo - n. - An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.