infant

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1. 1.(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. Note: 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.
2. 2.Same as Infante. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. 3.Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength.
4. 4.Intended for young children; as, an infant school.
5. 5.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength called?
• What is intended for young children; as, an infant school called?
• What is 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 called?