2. Noun. (''treated as a singular noun; plural'' '''babes''') Alternative form of '''babe''' used as a term of endearment to a loved one. ¹
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Definition of Babes
1. babe [n] - See also: babe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Babes
Literary usage of Babes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"babes in the "Wood (The). This familiar nursery tale has been the subject of many
... Among these may be noted (1) 'The babes in the Wood:1 pantomime by JB ..."
2. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright (1878)
"Wisdom ! to leave his wife, to leave his babes, His mansion and his titles in a
place From whence himself does fly ? He loves us not; He wants the natural ..."
3. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"135 THE babes IN THE WOOD My dear, you must know that a long time ago, Two poor
little children whose names I don't know, Were stolen away on a fine ..."
4. The History of Baptism by Robert Robinson (1817)
"IN the ages between the third century and the ninth, while the baptism of minors
by dipping was generally practised, and while babes were baptized only in ..."
5. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories: A by Robert Ford (1904)
"Notwithstanding every medical assistance, their disorder daily increased ; and,
as they expected to be soon snatched away from their little babes, they sent ..."
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