Definition of infect

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Infect (v. t.) Infected. Cf. Enfect.

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Infection :: Infection (n.) That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles..
Pestiferous :: Pestiferous (a.) Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies..
Disinfected :: Disinfected (imp. & p. p.) of Disinfec.
Chlorine :: Chlorine (n.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4..
Alexiteric :: Alexiteric (n.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general..
Infectiousness :: Infectiousness (n.) The quality of being infectious.
Murrain :: Murrain (n.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.
Stinkpot :: Stinkpot (n.) A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.
Taint :: Taint (v. i.) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
Spray :: Spray (v. t.) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer..
Leaven :: Leaven (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
Sweeten :: Sweeten (a.) To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air..
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..
Venom :: Venom (n.) To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
Microorganism :: Microorganism (n.) Any microscopic form of life; -- particularly applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to cause infectious diseases..
Infection :: Infection (n.) The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
Zymosis :: Zymosis (n.) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed..
Ergot :: Ergot (n.) The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding..
Execute :: Execute (v. t.) To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor..
Plagueful :: Plagueful (a.) Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations..
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