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third-person singular simple present parenthesizes, present participle parenthesizing, simple past and past participle parenthesized
To place text in parentheses. quotations examples
When a wholly detached expression or sentence is parenthesized, the final stop comes before the last mark of parenthesis.
1918, William Strunk Jr., Elements of Style, Ithaca, N.Y.: Priv. print. [Geneva, N.Y.: Press of W. F. Humphrey]
To interject. quotations examples
"Heaven grant it!" parenthesized Lord Rushbrook.
1871, Alexander Innes Shand, Against Time, Littell & Gay, p. 66
"He is a friend of mine!" the Lieutenant parenthesized abruptly.
1894, Vogue, volume 3, Condé Nast Publications, page iv