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Infect

//ɪnˈfɛkt// adj, verb

Adjective

1
Infected. not-comparable, obsolete
"And in the imitation of these twain, / Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns / With an imperial voice, many are infect."
2
Representing an action not yet completed. not-comparable, rare

Verb

1
To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it. transitive
"Not everyone will be infected when an epidemic strikes."
2
contaminate with a disease or microorganism wordnet
3
To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen. transitive
4
communicate a disease to wordnet
5
To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others. transitive
"Her passion for dancing has infected me."

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Etymology 1

From Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, perfect passive participle of inficiō (“dye, taint”).

Etymology 2

From Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, perfect passive participle of inficiō (“dye, taint”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin īnfectus, equivalent to in- (“not”) + factus, perfect passive participle of faciō (“to do, make”).

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