Infant

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age. And tender cries of infants pierce the ear. C. Pitt.

2. 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.

3. Same as Infante. [Obs.] Spenser.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength.

2. Intended for young children; as, an infant school.