Word Meanings - INFANCY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority. (more info) 1. The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood. The babe yet lies in smiling infancy. Milton. Their

Additional info about word: INFANCY

The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority. (more info) 1. The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood. The babe yet lies in smiling infancy. Milton. Their love in early infancy began. Dryden. 2. The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art. The infancy and the grandeur of Rome. Arbuthnot.

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  One who underdoes; a shirk.
• BELIAL
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  To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
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• UNDERBRED
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• BEWRAP
  To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax.
• UNDERSECRETARY
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• BEVELMENT
  The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
• BESCATTER
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• UNDERPLOT
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• BETSO
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• STATESMANLIKE
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• BETOKEN
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• COMBER
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