parse / pärs/ • v. [tr.] analyze (a sentence) into its parts and describe their syntactic roles. ∎  Comput. analyze (a string or text) into logical syntactic components, typically in order to test conformability to a logical grammar. ∎  examine or analyze minutely: he has always been quick to parse his own problems in public.• n. Comput. an act of or the result obtained by parsing a string or a text.

parse XVI. (pars(e), peirse, pearse, in XVII p(e)arce). of uncert. orig.