| Pronunciation: | | in'fanti`sId
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| Matching Terms: | | infanticidal
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- [n] murdering an infant
- [n] a person who murders an infant
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| | See Also: | | execution, homicide, liquidator, manslayer, murder, murderer, slaying |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\In*fan"ti*cide\, n. [L. infanticidium child murder;
infans, -antis, child + caedere to kill: cf. F. infanticide.
See {Infant}, and {Homicide}.]
The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of
a newly born or young child; child murder.
\In*fan"ti*cide\, n. [L. infanticida: cf. F.
infanticide.]
One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an
infant.
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