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Definition of: infant
(in′fənt) noun
1. A baby; a child under seven years of age.
2. Law A minor; in most States of the United States, a person under 21 years of age.
—adjective
1. Babyish; infantile.
2. Law Minor; not yet of age. [<OF enfant <L infans, -antis not speaking <in- not + fans, fantis, ppr. of fari talk]
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