- 2. Beginning, commencement, first age, early period of existence.
- 3. (Law.) Minority, nonage, pupilage, childhood.
Infant, n.
- 1. Babe, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling, little child, little one, bairn (Scotch)
- 2. (Law.) Minor.
Infanticide, n.
- 1. Child-murder.
- 2. Murderer of an infant, slayer of infants.
Infantile, Infantine, a.
- 1. Childish, young, tender.
- 2. Childish, babyish, weak.
- 3. Childlike, babylike.
Infantry, n. Foot-soldiers, foot.
Infatuate, v. a.
- 1. Befool, besot, stultify, delude, make foolish, deprive of reason, deprive of sound judgment or common-
sense.
- 2. Prepossess extravagantly, carry beside one’s self, absorb in an uncontrollable passion.
Infatuation, n. Folly, foolishness, stupefaction, besottedness, arrant folly, passionate absorption, senseless prepossession.
In favor of. Favorable to, inclined to approve, willing to support.
In favor with. Favored by, in the good graces of.
Infeasibility, n. Impracticability, infeasibleness, unfeasibleness.
Infeasible, a. Impracticable, unfeasible, that cannot be accomplished, not to be done.
Infeasibleness, n. See Infeasibility.