Child

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·noun A female infant.

II. Child ·vi To give birth; to produce young.

III. Child ·noun A noble youth. ·see Childe.

IV. Child ·noun A descendant, however remote;

— used ·esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.

V. Child ·noun A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents;

— in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.

VI. Child ·noun 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.

VII. Child ·noun One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, ·etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.

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