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Infect

Infect Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Infect? [v] contaminate with a disease or microorganism [v] communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold" [v] affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room" [v] contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Infect: taint Related Terms \| Find terms related to Infect: abuse \| activate \| adulterate \| afflict \| aggrieve \| alloy \| animate \| befoul \| benasty \| bewitch \| blight \| canker \| charge \| cheapen \| coarsen \| condemn \| confound \| contaminate \| corrupt \| crucify \| curse \| damage \| debase \| debauch \| defile \| deflower \| degenerate \| degrade \| denature \| deprave \| desecrate \| despoil \| destroy \| devalue \| disadvantage \| disease \| disserve \| distort \| distress \| do a mischief \| do evil \| do ill \| do wrong \| do wrong by \| doom \| embue \| enliven \| envenom \| exhilarate \| fire \| foul \| get into trouble \| harass \| harm \| hex \| hurt \| imbue \| impair \| inform \| infuse \| inject \| injure \| inoculate \| inspire \| inspirit \| irradiate \| jinx \| maltreat \| menace \| mess \| mess up \| mistreat \| misuse \| molest \| nasty \| outrage \| persecute \| pervert \| play havoc with \| play hob with \| poison \| pollute \| prejudice \| prostitute \| radiumize \| ravage \| ravish \| savage \| scathe \| spirit \| spirit up \| sully \| taint \| tarnish \| threaten \| torment \| torture \| twist \| ulcerate \| violate \| vitiate \| vulgarize \| warp \| wound \| wreak havoc on \| wrong See Also \| affect \| canker \| contaminate \| corrupt \| debase \| debauch \| demoralise \| demoralize \| deprave \| foul \| give \| impress \| misdirect \| move \| pervert \| pollute \| profane \| smut \| strike \| subvert \| superinfect \| vitiate Infect In Webster's Dictionary \Infect"\, a. [L. infectus: cf. F. infect. See {Infect}, v. t.] Infected. Cf. {Enfect}. [Obs.] --Shak. \Infect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infecting}.] [L. infectus, p. p. of inficere to put or dip into, to stain, infect; pref. in- in + facere to make; cf. F. infecter. See {Fact}.] 1. To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment. 2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague. Them that were left alive being infected with this disease. --Sir T. North. 3. To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious. --Cowper. Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. --Milton. 4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty. Syn: To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile.

Infect Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infect?

[v] contaminate with a disease or microorganism
[v] communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"
[v] affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
[v] contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Infect: taint

Infect In Webster's Dictionary

\In*fect"\, a. [L. infectus: cf. F. infect. See {Infect},
v. t.]
Infected. Cf. {Enfect}. [Obs.] --Shak.


\In*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infected}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Infecting}.] [L. infectus, p. p. of inficere to put or
dip into, to stain, infect; pref. in- in + facere to make;
cf. F. infecter. See {Fact}.]
1. To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious
   substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as,
   to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment.

2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate
   infection to; as, infected with the plague.

         Them that were left alive being infected with this
         disease.                              --Sir T.
                                               North.

3. To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or
   emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate;
   to taint by the communication of anything noxious or
   pernicious. --Cowper.

         Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. --Milton.

4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to
   penalty.

Syn: To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile.

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