Definition of infect

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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..

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Infection :: Infection (n.) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication..
Disinfection :: Disinfection (n.) The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.
Spray :: Spray (v. t.) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer..
Ichorhaemia :: Ichorhaemia (n.) Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.
Smittle :: Smittle (v. t.) To infect.
Infection :: Infection (n.) The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
Infective :: Infective (a.) Infectious.
Disinfectant :: Disinfectant (n.) That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine..
Leperous :: Leperous (a.) Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous.
Infecting :: Infecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infec.
Microzyme :: Microzyme (n.) A microorganism which is supposed to act like a ferment in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a pathogenic bacterial organism.
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Chloralum :: Chloralum (n.) An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant..
Ergot :: Ergot (n.) The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding..
Execute :: Execute (v. t.) To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor..
Germicide :: Germicide (a.) Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases..
Itchy :: Itchy (a.) Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation..
Malarious :: Malarious (a.) Of or pertaining, to or infected by, malaria..
Syphilitic :: Syphilis (n.) The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary..
Lazar :: Lazar (n.) A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.
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