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infanting

infanting is the present participle and gerund of infant.

Meaning of infant

Verb

infant (third-person singular simple present infants, present participle infanting, simple past and past participle infanted)

  1. (obsolete) To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.
    • This worthy motto, "No bishop, no king," is […] infanted out of the same fears.1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC

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Questions about infanting

What is infanting the present participle and gerund of?
Infanting is the present participle and gerund of infant.

Words near infanting in the dictionary

  1. infantilizer
  2. infantilizers
  3. infantilizes
  4. infantilizing
  5. infantine
  6. infanting
  7. Infantino
  8. Infantinos
  9. infantize
  10. infantized
  11. infantizes

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