Infant /(?)/
In·fant
Infant
n.
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A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age.
And tender cries of infants pierce the ear.
- A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor. (Law)
- Same as Infante. [Obs.]
Infant
a.
- Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength.
- Intended for young children; as, an infant school.
Infant
v. t.
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To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general. [Obs.]
This worthy motto, “No bishop, no king,” is . . . infanted out of the same fears.