Definition of infest

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Infest (v. t.) To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates..

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Bugginess :: Bugginess (a.) The state of being infested with bugs.
Infest :: Infest (v. t.) Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
Plague :: Plague (v. t.) To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind..
Dermatophyte :: Dermatophyte (n.) A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin..
Infestive :: Infestive (a.) Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn.
Caprification :: Caprification (n.) The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects..
Rebeldom :: Rebeldom (n.) A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct or quality characteristic of rebels..
Infest :: Infest (v. t.) To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates..
Pokerish :: Pokerish (a.) Infested by pokers; adapted to excite fear; as, a pokerish place..
Filibuster :: Filibuster (n.) A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855..
Bark Louse :: Bark louse () An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines..
Infesttation :: Infesttation (n.) The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance.
Bedbug :: Bedbug (n.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix..
Mosstrooper :: Mosstrooper (n.) One of a class of marauders or bandits that formerly infested the border country between England and Scotland; -- so called in allusion to the mossy or boggy character of much of the border country.
Lousy :: Lousy (a.) Infested with lice.
Mousy :: Mousy (a.) Infested with mice; smelling of mice.
Buggy :: Buggy (a.) Infested or abounding with bugs.
Weeviled :: Weeviled (a.) Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain..
Mothy :: Mothy (a.) Infested with moths; moth-eaten.
Infestivity :: Infestivity (n.) Want of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness..
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