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Adult - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Adult : adj : (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown
woman" [syn: big, full-grown, fully grown, grown,
grownup]
(noun)
1: a fully developed person from maturity onward [syn: grownup]
[ant: juvenile]
2: any mature animal
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Adult : \A*dult"\, a. [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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Adult : \A*dult"\, n.
A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength;
one who has reached maturity.
Note: 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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ADULT, in the civil law. An infant who, if a boy, has attained his full age
of fourteen years, and if a girl, her full age of twelve. Domat, Liv. Prel.
t. 2, s. 2, n. 8. In the common law anAdult : is considered one of full age.
1 Swanst. R. 553.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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