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Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant.
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The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.
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Like an infant.
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Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength.
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Infantile; childish.
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A ptomaine discovered by Vaughan in putrid cheese and other dairy products, and producing symptoms similar to cholera infantum. Chemically, it appears to be related to, or identical with, diazobenzol.
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A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers.
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One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.
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An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.
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In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army.
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Same as Infante.
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Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.
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Of or pertaining to infanticide; engaged in, or guilty of, child murder.
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Intended for young children; as, an infant school.
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Like an infant.
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Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.
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One who at the baptism of an infant professore the christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother.
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One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry.
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Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, -- used as food for infants.
v. i.
To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.
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