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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infest \In*fest"\, a. [L. infestus See {Infest}, v. t.]
Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infest \In*fest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infested}; p. pr & vb
n. {Infesting}.] [L. infestare fr infestus disturbed,
hostile, troublesome; in in against + the root of defendere:
cf F. infester. See {Defend}.]
To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to
disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as
fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.
To poison vermin that infest his plants. --Cowper.
These said the genius, are envy, avarice,
superstition, love, with the like cares and passions
that infest human life. --Addison.
And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their
tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away
--Longfellow.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
infest
v 1: invade in great numbers, as of pests [syn: {overrun}]
2: live on or in a host, as of parasites
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