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Webster 1913 Edition

Adult

A-dult′

,
Adj.
[L.
adultus
, p. p. of
adolescere
, akin to
alere
to nourish: cf. F.
adulte
. See
Adolescent
,
Old
.]
Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured;
as, an
adult
person or plant; an
adult
ape; an
adult
age.

A-dult′

,
Noun.
A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.
☞ In the common law, the term is applied to a person who has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil law, to males after the age of fourteen, and to females after twelve.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adult

ADULT'

,
Noun.
[L. adultus, grown to maturity, from oleo, to grow; Heb. to ascend.]
Having arrived at mature years, or to full size and strength; as an adult person or plant.

ADULT'

,
Noun.
A person grown to full size and strength, or to the years of manhood. It is also applied to full grown plants. among civilians, a person between fourteen and twenty-five years of age.

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