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Webster 1913 Edition

Puberty

Pu′ber-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
pubertas
, fr.
puber
,
pubes
, adult: cf. F.
puberté
.]
1.
The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females.
2.
(Bot.)
The period when a plant first bears flowers.

Webster 1828 Edition

Puberty

PU'BERTY

,
Noun.
[L.pubertas, from pubes.] The age at which persons are capable of procreating and bearing children. This age is different in different climates, but is with us considered to be at fourteen years in males, and twelve in females.

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