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Webster 1913 Edition
Infant
In′fant
,Noun.
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.
(Law)
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.
In′fant
,Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature;
as,
. infant
strength2.
Intended for young children;
as, an
. infant
schoolIn′fant
,Verb.
T.
[Cf. F.
enfanter
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Infant
IN'FANT
,Noun.
1.
A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe. In common usage, a child ceases to be called an infant within the first or second year, but at no definite period. In some cases, authors indulge a greater latitude, and extend the term to include children of several years of age.2.
In law, a person under the age of twenty one years, who is incapable of making valid contracts.IN'FANT
,Adj.
1.
Young; tender; not mature; as infant strength.Definition 2024
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English
Alternative forms
- infaunt (obsolete)
Noun
infant (plural infants)
- A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.
- (law) A minor.
- (obsolete) A noble or aristocratic youth.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
- Retourned home, the royall Infant fell / Into her former fitt [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
Related terms
Derived terms
Translations
very young human being
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legal minor
See also
Verb
infant (third-person singular simple present infants, present participle infanting, simple past and past participle infanted)
- (obsolete) To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.
- Milton
- This worthy motto, "No bishop, no king," is […] infanted out of the same fears.
- Milton
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem.
Noun
infant m (plural infants)