Parry

  • 21PARRY — For other uses, see Parry (disambiguation). PARRY is, besides ELIZA, the other famous early chatterbot. Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 Notes and references 4 …

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  • 22Parry — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le nom de Parry a été porté par plusieurs personnalités (par ordre alphabétique) : Charles Christopher Parry (1823 1890), botaniste américain d… …

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  • 23PARRY — Пэрри (PARRY)  помимо Элизы (ELIZA), другой известный ранний виртуальный собеседник (chatterbot). PARRY был написан в 1972 году психиатром Кеннетом Колбай, работавшим тогда в Стэнфордском Университете. В то время как ЭЛИЗА пародировала (по… …

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  • 24parry — UK [ˈpærɪ] / US [ˈperɪ] verb Word forms parry : present tense I/you/we/they parry he/she/it parries present participle parrying past tense parried past participle parried 1) [intransitive/transitive] to push something to the side, especially in… …

    English dictionary

  • 25Parry — This is a Welsh patronymic formed from the fusion of the prefix ap meaning son of , with the medieval male given name Harry , which was the usual vernacular form of Henry, itself deriving from the Old German Haimric, Henric , a compound of the… …

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  • 26parry — [[t]pæ̱ri[/t]] parries, parrying, parried 1) VERB If you parry a question or argument, you cleverly avoid answering it or dealing with it. [V n] Mr King had to endure an awkward press conference, in which he parried questions on the depth of the… …

    English dictionary

  • 27parry — verb (parried; parrying) Etymology: probably from French parez, imperative of parer to parry, from Old Occitan parar, from Latin parare to prepare more at pare Date: 1672 intransitive verb 1. to ward off a weapon or blow 2. to evade or turn aside …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28parry — parriable, adj. parrier, n. /par ee/, v., parried, parrying, n., pl. parries. v.t. 1. to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert. 2. to turn aside; evade or dodge: to parry an embarrassing question. v.i. 3. to parry a… …

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  • 29parry — par|ry [ˈpæri] v past tense and past participle parried present participle parrying third person singular parries [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from French parez! prepare! , from parer; PARE] 1.) [I and T] to defend yourself against someone… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30parry — par•ry [[t]ˈpær i[/t]] v. ried, ry•ing, 1) to ward off (a sword thrust, blow, weapon, etc.) 2) to turn aside; dodge: to parry an embarrassing question[/ex] 3) to parry a thrust, blow, etc 4) an act or instance of parrying • Etymology: 1665–75;… …

    From formal English to slang