Definition of infect

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

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Smoke :: Smoke (v. t.) To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire..
Execute :: Execute (v. t.) To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor..
Frenchify :: Frenchify (v. t.) To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.
Murrain :: Murrain (n.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.
Miasma :: Miasma (n.) Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
Itchy :: Itchy (a.) Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation..
Anthrax :: Anthrax (n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever..
Infection :: Infection (n.) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication..
Disinfection :: Disinfection (n.) The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To infect; to affect slightly.
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt..
Pestiferous :: Pestiferous (a.) Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies..
Disinfecting :: Disinfecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disinfec.
Infectiousness :: Infectiousness (n.) The quality of being infectious.
Infection :: Infection (n.) Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.
Microphyte :: Microphyte (n.) A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algae, such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be..
Infected :: Infected (imp. & p. p.) of Infec.
Taint :: Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation.
Fomes :: Fomes (n.) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites..
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