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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Infant

Infant (infant)
n.(?)
In"fant
[L. infans; pref. in- not + fari to speak: cf. F. enfant, whence OE. enfaunt. See Fame, and cf. Infante, Infanta.]
  1. 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. C. Pitt.

  2. 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.

    * An infant under seven years of age is not penally responsible; between seven and fourteen years of age, he may be convicted of a malicious offense if malice be proved. He becomes of age on the day preceding his twenty-first birthday, previous to which time an infant has no capacity to contract.

  3. Same as Infante.
    [Obs.] Spenser.

Infant

Infant (infant)
a.(?)
In"fant
  1. Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength.
  2. Intended for young children; as, an infant school.

Infant

Infant (infant)
v. t.
In"fant
  1. 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. Milton.














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