Definition of child

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Child (n.) A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc..

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Unchild :: Unchild (v. t.) To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child.
Plummet :: Plummet (n.) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing.
Dib :: Dib (n.) A child's game, played with dib bones..
Children :: Children (n.) pl. of Child.
Volunteer :: Volunteer (a.) A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made..
Dote :: Dote (v. i.) To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child..
Progress :: Progress (n.) In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school..
Monkey :: Monkey (n.) A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child..
Dotage :: Dotage (v. i.) Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage..
Pouting :: Pouting (n.) Childish sullenness.
Wastrel :: Wastrel (n.) A neglected child; a street Arab.
Such :: Such (a.) Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better..
Affiliate :: Affiliate (v. t.) To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another..
Bib :: Bib (n.) A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes..
Weed :: Weed (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed..
Grand :: Grand (superl.) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc..
Childhood :: Childhood (n.) The commencement; the first period.
Godmother :: Godmother (n.) A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfathe.
Only :: Only (a.) Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of the same class or kind; as, an only child..
Bairn :: Bairn (n.) A child.
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