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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Infect \In*fect"\, a. [L. infectus: cf F. infect. See {Infect}, v. t.] Infected. Cf {Enfect}. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Infect \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: infect v 1: fill with revolutionary ideas [syn: {revolutionize}, {inspire}] 2: communicate a disease to "Your children have infected you with this bead cold" 3: contaminate with a disease or microorganism [syn: {taint}] [ant: {disinfect}]
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