Infant
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) Intended for young children; as, an infant school.
(2): ( n.) Same as Infante.
(3): ( v. t.) To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general.
(4): ( a.) Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength.
(5): ( 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.
(6): ( n.) A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age.
King James Dictionary [2]
In'Fant, n. L. infans in and fans, speaking, fari, to speak.
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, a. Pertaining to infancy or the first period of life.
1. Young tender not mature as infant strength.
