meaning of infect
1. Infected. Cf. Enfect.
2. To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment.
3. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.
4. 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.
5. To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
6. contaminate with a disease or microorganism
Related Words
infect | infected | infecter | infectible | infecting | infection | infectious | infectious agent | infectious disease | infectious hepatitis | infectious mononucleosis | infectious polyneuritis | infectiously | infectiousness | infective | infective agent |
