Infect(v. t.) Infected. Cf. Enfect.
Infect(v. t.) 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.
Infect(v. t.) To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.
Infect(v. t.) 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.
Infect(v. t.) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
Infected(imp. & p. p.) of Infect
Infecter(n.) One who, or that which, infects.
Infectible(a.) Capable of being infected.
Infecting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infect
Infection(n.) The act or process of infecting.
Infection(n.) That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.
Infection(n.) The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
Infection(n.) That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.
Infection(n.) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.
Infection(n.) Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.
Infective(a.) Infectious.
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