babish

t. [From Eng. babish, adj. (q.v.).] To render babish; to treat as if one were a baby. "The Pharisees had babished the simple people with fained and colde religion, and had tangled theyr consciences with mannes ord in a unces,"- Udal: John vii. (Richardson.) bā'-bish-ly, adv. [Eng. babish; -ly.] Childishly; in a baby-like manner. "One that spake so babishly ."-Archbishop Usher: Answer to the Jesuit Malone, p. 404.