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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.

2. A small image of an infant; a doll. Babies in the eyes, the minute reflection which one sees of one's self in the eyes of another. She clung about his neck, gave him ten kisses, Toyed with his locks, looked babies in his eyes. Heywood.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle. Young.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans. "Baby figure" Shak.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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