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infect
I. infect adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin infectus, past participle of inficere
archaic : infected
II. in·fect \ə̇nˈfekt\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English infecten, from Latin infectus, past participle of inficere to stain, dye, taint, infect, from in- in- (II) + -ficere (from facere to do, make) — more at do
transitive verb
1. : to taint with decaying matter : contaminate with a disease-producing substance, germs, or bacteria
< infect a lancet >
2.
a. : to communicate a pathogen or a disease to an individual or organ)
< clouds of mosquitoes infected the unprotected troops with malaria parasites >
b. of a pathogenic organism : to invade (an individual or organ) usually by penetration — often used only of the actual penetration of the pathogen as distinguished from its subsequent growth in the host
< the polio virus probably usually infects man through the nasal mucous membrane >
— compare infection 2
3. : to communicate or affect as if by some subtle contact: as
a. : to taint by communication of something noxious or pernicious
< he is deeply upset and manages to infect her with a sense of guilt — London Calling >
< intellectuals … become agents of discontent who infect rich and poor, high and low — Irving Howe >
b. : to work upon or seize upon so as to induce sympathy, belief, or support
< infected everyone with his zeal for nature — Van Wyck Brooks >
< an exuberance that tends to infect the whole enterprise — E.J.Kahn >
4. obsolete : dye, stain
5. : infest
< fish infected with parasites >
< condemned liver infected with flukes >
6. : to subject (as whole cargo of an owner) to forfeiture because a part is contraband
7. : to induce a change in quality in (the sound of a neighboring syllable)
intransitive verb
: to become infected
< didn't pay any attention to it because I never infect — Ernest Hemingway >
III. infect transitive verb
of a computer virus : to become transmitted and copied to (as a computer) |