INFECT
\ɪnfˈɛkt], \ɪnfˈɛkt], \ɪ_n_f_ˈɛ_k_t]\
Definitions of INFECT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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contaminate with a disease or microorganism
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communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"
By Princeton University
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contaminate with a disease or microorganism
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communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Infected. Cf. Enfect.
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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.
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To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.
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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.
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To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
By Oddity Software
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Infected. Cf. Enfect.
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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.
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To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.
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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.
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To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
By Noah Webster.
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To give some (especially bad) quality to; taint, or harm, especially with diseage, physical or moral; to inspire with a feeling.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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