Definition of infect

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Infect (v. t.) 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..

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Infect :: Infect (v. t.) 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..
Zymosis :: Zymosis (n.) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed..
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) Infected. Cf. Enfect.
Infection :: Infection (n.) The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
Bejaundice :: Bejaundice (v. t.) To infect with jaundice.
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.) That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles..
Leaven :: Leaven (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
Stinkpot :: Stinkpot (n.) A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.
Ichorhaemia :: Ichorhaemia (n.) Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.
Taintless :: Taintless (a.) Free from taint or infection; pure.
Infectiousness :: Infectiousness (n.) The quality of being infectious.
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague..
Beleper :: Beleper (v. t.) To infect with leprosy.
Infectible :: Infectible (a.) Capable of being infected.
Disinfectant :: Disinfectant (n.) That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine..
Lazar :: Lazar (n.) A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.
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..
Frenchify :: Frenchify (v. t.) To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.
Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate..
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