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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Taint :: Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation.
Taint :: Taint (v. i.) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
Infection :: Infection (n.) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication..
Taint :: Taint (v. t.) To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air..
Microphyte :: Microphyte (n.) A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algae, such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be..
Lazar :: Lazar (n.) A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.
Infectible :: Infectible (a.) Capable of being infected.
Catching :: Catching (a.) Infectious; contagious.
Beleper :: Beleper (v. t.) To infect with leprosy.
Infectious :: Infectious (a.) Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth..
Murrain :: Murrain (n.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.
Labarraque''s Solution :: Labarraque's solution () An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire..
Alexiteric :: Alexiteric (n.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general..
Smittlish :: Smittlish (a.) Infectious; catching.
Fumigate :: Fumigate (n.) To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors..
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
Bacterium :: Bacterium (n.) A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission and by spores. Certain species are active agents in fermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases. See Bacillus
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) Infected. Cf. Enfect.
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.
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