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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

infanticidium

child murder;

infans

-antis

, child +

caedere

to kill: cf. F.

infanticide

. See

, and

The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.

Noun.

[L.

infanticida

: cf. F.

infanticide

One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.

Noun.

[Low L. infanticidium; infans, an infant, and coedo, to kill.]

The intentional killing of an infant.

The slaughter of infants by Herod. Matt.2.

A slayer of infants.