Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
infant school
infanta
infante
infanticide
infantile
infantile paralysis
infantilise
infantilism
infantilize
infantry
infantryman
infarct
infarction
infatuate
infatuation
infauna
infeasible
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

infantilize
in·fan·til·ize [ ínfənt'l z, in fánt'l z ] (past and past participle in·fan·til·ized, present participle in·fan·til·iz·ing, 3rd person present singular in·fan·til·iz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. keep from maturing: to make somebody infantile, or keep somebody in an infantile state
2. treat as a baby: to treat somebody as or consider somebody to be infantile

in·fan·til·i·za·tion [ ìnfənt'li záysh'n, in fànt'li záysh'n ] noun
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft