In"fant, v. 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.
||In*fan"ta (?), n. [Sp. & Pg., fem. of infante. See Infante.] A title
||borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and
||Portugal, except the eldest.
||
||In*fan"te (?), n. [Sp. & Pg. See Infant.] A title given to every one
||of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir
||apparent.
||
In"fant*hood (?), n. Infancy. [R.]
In*fan"ti*ci`dal (?), a. Of or pertaining to infanticide; engaged in,
or guilty of, child murder.
In*fan"ti*cide (?), n. [L. infanticidium child murder; infans, -antis,
child + caedere to kill: cf. F. infanticide. See Infant, and Homicide.]
The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly
born or young child; child murder.
In*fan"ti*cide, n. [L. infanticida: cf. F. infanticide.] One who
commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.
In"fan*tile (?; 277), a. [L. infantilis: cf. F. infantile. See Infant.]
Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or
characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.
In"fan*tine (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. enfantin.] Infantile; childish.
A degree of credulity next infantine.
Burke.
In"fant*like` (?), a. Like an infant. Shak.
In"fant*ly, a. Like an infant. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
In"fan*try (?), n. [F. infanterie, It. infanteria, fr. infante infant,
child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L. infans, - antis, child; foot
soldiers being formerly the servants and followers of knights. See
Infant.]