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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Infection :: Infection (n.) The act or process of infecting.
Ichorhaemia :: Ichorhaemia (n.) Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.
Plagueful :: Plagueful (a.) Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations..
Infection :: Infection (n.) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Smittle :: Smittle (n.) Infection.
Execute :: Execute (v. t.) To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor..
Infectious :: Infectious (a.) Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing..
Infection :: Infection (n.) That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles..
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..
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.
Malarious :: Malarious (a.) Of or pertaining, to or infected by, malaria..
Pestilence :: Pestilence (n.) Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating..
Taking :: Taking (a.) Infectious; contageous.
Infecting :: Infecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infec.
Taintless :: Taintless (a.) Free from taint or infection; pure.
Lazar :: Lazar (n.) A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.
Disinfector :: Disinfector (n.) One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants..
Infect :: 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..
Fumigation :: Fumigation (n.) The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection..
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