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- infect [ɪn'fεkt]
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to cause infection in; contaminate (an organism, wound, etc) with pathogenic microorganisms
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2.
vb
[also intr]
to affect or become affected with a communicable disease
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3.
vb
to taint, pollute, or contaminate
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4.
vb
to affect, esp adversely, as if by contagion
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5.
vb
[computing]
to affect with a computer virus
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6.
vb
[chiefly international law]
to taint with crime or illegality; expose to penalty or subject to forfeiture
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7.
adj
[archaic]
contaminated or polluted with or as if with a disease; infected
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8.
adj
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin inficere to dip into, stain, from facere to make
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to cause infection in; contaminate (an organism, wound, etc) with pathogenic microorganisms
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