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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Infectious :: Infectious (a.) Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices..
Pestiduct :: Pestiduct (n.) That which conveys contagion or infection.
Infecting :: Infecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infec.
Pox :: Pox (v. t.) To infect with the pox, or syphilis..
Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed..
Fumigation :: Fumigation (n.) The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection..
Infection :: Infection (n.) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication..
Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate..
Frenchify :: Frenchify (v. t.) To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.
Reinfect :: Reinfect (v. t.) To infect again.
Leperous :: Leperous (a.) Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous.
Lazar :: Lazar (n.) A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To infect; to affect slightly.
Avignon Berry :: Avignon berry () The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species of the same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in France. It is used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow. Called also French berry..
Smittlish :: Smittlish (a.) Infectious; catching.
Venenate :: Venenate (v. t.) To poison; to infect with poison.
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) An infecting influence.
Disinfection :: Disinfection (n.) The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.
Infectious :: Infectious (a.) Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing..
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