Definition of infect

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Infect (v. t.) To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague..

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Infectiousness :: Infectiousness (n.) The quality of being infectious.
Leprous :: Leprous (a.) Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy.
Disinfect :: Disinfect (v. t.) To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
Smittle :: Smittle (v. t.) To infect.
Zymosis :: Zymosis (n.) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed..
Cleanse :: Cleanse (v. t.) To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean..
Bacterium :: Bacterium (n.) A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission and by spores. Certain species are active agents in fermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases. See Bacillus
Avignon Berry :: Avignon berry () The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species of the same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in France. It is used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow. Called also French berry..
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) An infecting influence.
Bejaundice :: Bejaundice (v. t.) To infect with jaundice.
Taint :: Taint (v. t.) To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air..
Leaven :: Leaven (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
Pox :: Pox (v. t.) To infect with the pox, or syphilis..
Alexiteric :: Alexiteric (n.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general..
Stinkpot :: Stinkpot (n.) A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.
Beleper :: Beleper (v. t.) To infect with leprosy.
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..
Disinfectant :: Disinfectant (n.) That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine..
Infectiously :: Infectiously (adv.) In an infectious manner.
Frenchify :: Frenchify (v. t.) To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.
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