<h1>Infantine</h1> <Xpage=758>
<hw>In"fan*tine</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>enfantin</ets>.]</ety> <def>Infantile; childish.</def>
<blockquote>A degree of credulity next <b>infantine</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Infantlike</h1> <Xpage=758>
<hw>In"fant*like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like an infant.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
<h1>Infantly</h1> <Xpage=758>
<hw>In"fant*ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like an infant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>
<h1>Infantry</h1> <Xpage=758>
<hw>In"fan*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>infanterie</ets>, It. <ets>infanteria</ets>, fr. <ets>infante</ets> infant, child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L. <ets>infans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, child; foot soldiers being formerly the servants and followers of knights. See <er>Infant</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>A body of children.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>B. Jonson.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from <i>cavalry</i>.</def>
<h1>Infarce</h1> <Xpage=758>
<hw>In*farce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>infarcire</ets>: pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>farcire</ets>, <ets>fartum</ets> and <ets>farctum</ets>, to stuff, cram.]</ety> <def>To stuff; to swell.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>The body is <b>infarced</b> with . . . watery humors. <i>Sir T. Elyot.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Infarction</h1> <Xpage=758>
<hw>In*farc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Infarce</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.</def>
<h1>Infare</h1> <Xpage=758>
<hw>In"fare`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>inf\'91r</ets> entrance.]</ety> <def>A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, or entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>infair</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Scot., & Local, U. S.]</mark>
<h1>Infashionable</h1> <Xpage=758>
<hw>In*fash"ion*a*ble</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unfashionable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>
<h1>Infatigable</h1> <Xpage=758>
<hw>In*fat"i*ga*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>infatigabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>infatigable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Indefatigable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Daniel.</i>
<h1>Infatuate</h1> <Xpage=758>
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