To produce children; brinig forth offspring.
To bring forth as a child.
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A male or female descendant in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; a son or daughter: used in direct reference to the parentage of the person spoken of, without regard to sex.
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A descendant more remote than the first degree; a descendant, however remote: as, the children of Israel.
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plural The inhabitants of a country: as, “the children of Seir,” 2 Chron. xxv. 11.
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Specifically, a very young person; one not old enough to dispense with maternal aid and care. See childhood.
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Figuratively, a childish man or woman; one who resembles a child in lack of knowledge, experience, or judgment.
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In general, anything regarded as the offspring or product of something which is specified; product; result: as, disease is the child of intemperance; children of darkness.
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A girl.
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In old and poetical usage, a noble youth; a youth, especially one of high birth, before he was advanced to the honor of knighthood; a squire: also applied to a knight.
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A person in general.
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More especially, an illegitimate child; one who is actually the child but not the lawful issue of the suggested parent.
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Synonyms plural Offspring, issue, progeny.