Infant
['ɪnf(ə)nt] or ['ɪnfənt]
Definition
(n.) A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Same as Infante.
(a.) Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength.
(a.) Intended for young children; as, an infant school.
(v. t.) To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Babe, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling, BAIRN, little child, little one.[2]. (Law.) Minor.
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Definition
n. a babe: (Eng. law) a person under twenty-one years of age.—adj. belonging to infants or to infancy: tender: intended for infants.—v.t. (obs.) to have as an infant: to give rise to.—n. In′fancy the state or time of being an infant: childhood: the beginning of anything: (Milt.) want of distinct utterance.—adjs. Infantile (in′fant-īl or -il) Infantine (in′fant-īn or -in) pertaining to infancy or to an infant.
Editor: Nicolas
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing a newly born infant, denotes pleasant surprises are nearing you. For a young woman to dream she has an infant, foretells she will be accused of indulgence in immoral pastime. To see an infant swimming, portends a fortunate escape from some entanglement.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A disturber of the peace.
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Examples
- The first teeth of the infant are called the deciduous or _milk_ teeth, and are twenty in number--ten in each jaw. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- To see Dobbin holding the infant, and to hear Amelia's laugh of triumph as she watched him, would have done any man good who had a sense of humour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They even have in it a grotto wherein twenty thousand children were slaughtered by Herod when he was seeking the life of the infant Saviour. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I touch, with reverent finger, the actual spot where the infant Jesus lay, but I think--nothing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- An infant becomes a man-, and is sometimes fat, sometimes lean, without any change in his identity. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- She looked up rather astonished, and laid down the infant on its bed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Infant Prodigy performed wonders. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sat and smoked his pipe, and said the infant negroes were--what did he say the infant negroes were? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They came to Venice while he was an infant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Said the infant negroes were little humbugs,' repeated Mrs. Weller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He stood for a moment and looked at her, powerless and torn with pity, as a parent regards an infant in pain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A monster, in the shape of a nurse to Colonel Parker's child, Louisa, took this opportunity to remain out with the infant the whole of the night! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Lord bless you, my dears, an infant, an infant! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Formerly she had been a light-hearted infant, fanciful, but gay and childish. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The poor wretch had lost his young wife and lovely infant by the plague. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It's very much blotted, sir,' said the farmer of infants; 'but it's formal enough, I dare say. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Perdita had permitted us to take Clara back with us to Windsor; and she and my two lovely infants were perpetual sources of interest and amusement. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A whole brood of our infants have perished in a moment by a keen blast! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Human infants, on the other hand, can get along with physical incapacity just because of their social capacity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- So manly by day, yet all the while, such a crying of infants in the night. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Are infants to be nut-crackered into their tombs, and is nobody to save them? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He added something hardly worth repeating about infants dying almost as soon as they were born. Plato. The Republic.
- I believe, Mr. Moore, griefs and fears nursed in silence grow like Titan infants. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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