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3 definitions found 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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