Definition of infect

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Infect (v. t.) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.

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Sing :: Sing (v. t.) To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.
Disinfected :: Disinfected (imp. & p. p.) of Disinfec.
Frenchify :: Frenchify (v. t.) To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.
Taint :: Taint (v. i.) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) Infected. Cf. Enfect.
Mangy :: Mangy (superl.) Infected with the mange; scabby.
Microzyme :: Microzyme (n.) A microorganism which is supposed to act like a ferment in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a pathogenic bacterial organism.
Infection :: Infection (n.) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication..
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..
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.
Germicide :: Germicide (a.) Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases..
Impest :: Impest (v. t.) To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague..
Infection :: Infection (n.) The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
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..
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
Labarraque''s Solution :: Labarraque's solution () An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant..
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..
Alexipharmic :: Alexipharmic (n.) An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.
Disinfection :: Disinfection (n.) The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.
Infecting :: Infecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infec.
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