Child

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Child \Child\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Childed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Childing}.]
     To give birth; to produce young.
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           This queen Genissa childing died.        --Warner.


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           It chanced within two days they childed both.
                                                    --Latimer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Child \Child\ (ch[imac]ld), n.; pl. {Children}
     (ch[i^]l"dr[e^]n). [AS. cild, pl. cildru; cf. Goth.
     kil[thorn]ei womb, in-kil[thorn][=o] with child.]
     1. 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.
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     2. A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural;
        as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
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     3. 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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     4. A noble youth. See {Childe}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     5. 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.
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              When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood
              as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became
              a man, I put away childish things.    --1. Cor. xii.
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     6. A female infant. [Obs.]
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              A boy or a child, I wonder?           --Shak.
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     {To be with child}, to be pregnant.
  
     {Child's play}, light work; a trifling contest.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  child
       n 1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
            children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British
            term for youngsters" [syn: {kid}, {youngster}, {minor},
            {shaver}, {nipper}, {small fry}, {tiddler}, {tike}, {tyke},
             {fry}, {nestling}]
       2: a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had
          three children"; "they were able to send their kids to
          college" [syn: {kid}] [ant: {parent}]
       3: an immature childish person; "he remained a child in
          practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a
          baby!" [syn: {baby}]
       4: a member of a clan or tribe; "the children of Israel"
       [also: {children} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  125 Moby Thesaurus words for "child":
     adolescent, angel, artifact, babe, baby, bairn, boy, brainchild,
     brat, brood, bud, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, child of nature,
     chit, coinage, composition, concoction, creation, creature,
     crowning achievement, darling, daughter, descendant, descendants,
     dickens, distillation, dove, dupe, effect, end product, essence,
     extract, foetus, foster child, fruit, girl, grandchild,
     granddaughter, grandson, handiwork, heiress, hick, infant, ingenue,
     innocent, invention, issue, juvenile, kid, kitten, lad, laddie,
     lamb, lambkin, lass, lassie, little bugger, little fellow,
     little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot,
     lout, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, mere child, minor,
     mintage, mite, moppet, neonate, new mintage, newborn, newborn babe,
     nipper, noble savage, oaf, offspring, opera, opus, opuscule,
     origination, outcome, outgrowth, peewee, posterity, product,
     production, progeniture, progeny, puss, result, rube, runabout,
     scion, seed, shaver, simple soul, small fry, son, son and heir,
     sonny, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepson, stripling, tad, teenager,
     teener, teenybopper, toddler, tot, unsophisticate, wee tot, work,
     yokel, young hopeful, young man, youngling, youngster, youth
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  child
       
          {daughter}
       
       

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Child
     This word has considerable latitude of meaning in Scripture.
     Thus Joseph is called a child at the time when he was probably
     about sixteen years of age (Gen. 37:3); and Benjamin is so
     called when he was above thirty years (44:20). Solomon called
     himself a little child when he came to the kingdom (1 Kings
     3:7).
     
       The descendants of a man, however remote, are called his
     children; as, "the children of Edom," "the children of Moab,"
     "the children of Israel."
     
       In the earliest times mothers did not wean their children till
     they were from thirty months to three years old; and the day on
     which they were weaned was kept as a festival day (Gen. 21:8;
     Ex. 2:7, 9; 1 Sam. 1:22-24; Matt. 21:16). At the age of five,
     children began to learn the arts and duties of life under the
     care of their fathers (Deut. 6:20-25; 11:19).
     
       To have a numerous family was regarded as a mark of divine
     favour (Gen. 11:30; 30:1; 1 Sam. 2:5; 2 Sam. 6:23; Ps. 127:3;
     128:3).
     
       Figuratively the name is used for those who are ignorant or
     narrow-minded (Matt. 11:16; Luke 7:32; 1 Cor. 13:11). "When I
     was a child, I spake as a child." "Brethren, be not children in
     understanding" (1 Cor. 14:20). "That we henceforth be no more
     children, tossed to and fro" (Eph. 4:14).
     
       Children are also spoken of as representing simplicity and
     humility (Matt. 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17).
     Believers are "children of light" (Luke 16:8; 1 Thess. 5:5) and
     "children of obedience" (1 Pet. 1:14).
     

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CHILD, CHILDREN, domestic relations. A child is the son or daughter in 
  relation to the father or mother. 
       2. We will here consider the law, in general terms, as it relates to 
  the condition, duties, and rights of children; and, afterwards, the extent 
  which has been given to the word child or children by dispositions in wills 
  and testaments. 
       3.-1. Children born in lawful wedlock, or within a competent time 
  afterwards, are presumed to be the issue of the father, and follow his 
  condition; those born out of lawful wedlock, follow the condition of the 
  mother. The father is bound to maintain his children and to educate them, 
  and to protect them from injuries. Children are, on their part, bound to 
  maintain their fathers and mothers, when in need, and they are of ability so 
  to do. Poth. Du Marriage, n. 384, 389. The father in general is entitled to 
  the custody of minor children, but, under certain circumstances, the mother 
  will be entitled to them, when the father and mother have separated. 5 Binn. 
  520. Children are liable to the reasonable correction of their parents. Vide 
  Correction 
       4.-2. The term children does not ordinarily and properly speaking 
  comprehend grandchildren, or issue generally; yet sometimes that meaning is, 
  affixed to it, in cases of necessity; 6 Co. 16; and it has been held to 
  signify the same as issue, in cases where the testator, by using the terms 
  children and issue indiscriminately, showed his intention to use the former 
  term in the sense of issue, so as to entitle grandchildren, & c., to take 
  under it. 1 Ves. sen. 196; Ambl. 555; 3 Ves. 258; Ambl. 661; 3 Ves. & Bea. 
  69. When legally construed, the term children is confined to legitimate 
  children. 7 Ves. 458. The civil code of Louisiana, art. 2522, n. 14, enacts, 
  that "under the, name of children are comprehended, not only children of the 
  first degree, but the grandchildren, great-grand-children, and all other 
  descendants in the direct line." 
       5. Children are divided into legitimate children, or those born in 
  lawful wedlock; and natural or illegitimate children, who are born bastards. 
  (q.v.) Vide Natural Children. Illegitimate children are incestuous 
  bastards, or those which are not incestuous. 
       6. Posthumous children are those who are born after the death of their 
  fathers. Domat, Lois Civ. liv. prel. t. 2, s. 1, Sec. 7 L. 3, Sec. 1, ff de 
  inj. rupt. 
       7. In Pennsylvania, the will of their fathers, in, which no provision 
  is made for them, is revoked, as far as regards them, by operation of law. 3 
  Binn. R. 498. See, as to the law of Virginia on this subject, 3 Munf. 20, 
  and article In ventre sa mere. Vide, generally, 8 Vin. Ab. 318; 8 Com. Dig. 
  470; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; 2 Kent, Com. 172; 4 Kent, Com. 408, 9; 1 Rop. 
  on Leg. 45 to 76; 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 442 Id. 158; Natural children.