INFANTA
INFANT'A, noun In Spain and Portugal, any princes of the royal blood, except the eldest daughter when heiress apparent.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INFANTE
INFANT'E, noun In Spain and Portugal, any son of the king, except the eldest or heir apparent.
INFANTICIDE
INFANT'ICIDE, noun [Low Latin infanticidium; infans, an infant, and coedo, to kill.]1. The intentional killing of an infant.2. The slaughter of infants by Herod. Matthew 2:1.3. ...
INFANTILE
IN'FANTILE, adjective [Latin infantilis.] Pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; pertaining to the first period of life.
INFANTINE
IN'FANTINE, adjective Pertaining to infants or to young children.
INFANTLIKE
IN'FANTLIKE, adjective Like an infant.
INFANTLY
IN'FANTLY, adjective Like a child's.
INFANTRY
IN'FANTRY, noun In military affairs, the soldiers or troops that serve on foot, as distinguished from cavalry; as a company, regiment or brigade of infantry In some armies, ther...
INFARCE
INF'ARCE, verb transitive infars. To stuff. [Not in use.]
INFARCTION
INFARC'TION, noun [Latin infarcio, infercio, to stuff; in and farcio.]The act of stuffing or filling; constipation.
INFASHIONABLE
INFASH'IONABLE, adjective Unfashionable. [Not used.]
INFATIGABLE
INFAT'IGABLE, adjective Indefatigable.
INFATUATE
INFAT'UATE, verb transitive [Latin infatuo; in and fatuus, foolish.]1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers, or to deprive of sound judgment....
INFATUATED
INFAT'UATED, participle passive Affected with folly.
INFATUATING
INFAT'UATING, participle present tense Affecting with folly.
INFATUATION
INFATUA'TION, noun The act of affecting with folly.1. A state of mind in which the intellectual powers are weakened, either generally, or in regard to particular objects, so tha...
INFAUSTING
INFAUST'ING, noun [Latin infaustus.] The act of making unlucky.
INFEASIBILITY
INFEASIBIL'ITYINFE'ASIBLE, adjective s as z. [in and feasible, Latin facio.]Not to be done; that cannot be accomplished; impracticable.
INFEASIBLE
INFE'ASIBLE, a. s as z. [in and feasible, L. facio.]Not to be done; that cannot be accomplished; impracticable.
INFEASIBLENESS
INFE'ASIBLENESS, noun s as z. [from infeasible.]Impracticability; the quality of not being capable of being done or performed.
INFECT
INFECT', verb transitive [Latin inficio, infectus; in and facio.]1. To taint with disease; to infuse into a healthy body the virus, miasma, or morbid matter of a diseased body, ...
INFECTED
INFECT'ED, participle passive Tainted with noxious matter; corrupted by poisonous exhalations; corrupted by bad qualities communicated.
INFECTER
INFECT'ER, noun He or that which infects.
INFECTING
INFECT'ING, participle present tense Tainting; corrupting.
INFECTION
INFEC'TION, noun [Latin inficio.] The act of infecting, or the act by which poisonous matter, morbid miasmata or exhalations produce disease in a healthy body. The words contagi...
INFECTIOUS
INFEC'TIOUS, adjective Having qualities that may taint, or communicate disease to; as an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious miasma.1. Corrupting; ...
INFECTIOUSLY
INFEC'TIOUSLY, adverb By infection.