infect

Definition of Infect in English :

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Verb

1. infect

communicate a disease to

Example Sentences:
'Your children have infected you with this head cold'

2. infect, taint

contaminate with a disease or microorganism

taint

3. infect

corrupt with ideas or an ideology

Example Sentences:
'society was infected by racism'

4. infect

affect in a contagious way

Example Sentences:
'His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Infect

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verb (mainly tr)

1.

to cause infection in; contaminate (an organism, wound, etc) with pathogenic microorganisms

2. (also intr)

to affect or become affected with a communicable disease

3.

to taint, pollute, or contaminate

4.

to affect, esp adversely, as if by contagion

5. computing

to affect with a computer virus

6. mainly international law

to taint with crime or illegality; expose to penalty or subject to forfeiture

adjective

7. archaic

contaminated or polluted with or as if with a disease; infected

Infect

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verb transitive

1.

to contaminate with a disease-producing organism or matter

2.

to cause to become diseased by bringing into contact with such an organism or matter

3.

to invade (an individual, organ, tissue, etc.)

said of a pathogenic organism

4.

to affect or imbue with one's feelings, beliefs, etc.

Infect

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tr.v. in·fect·ed, in·fect·ing, in·fects

1. To invade and proliferate in, often resulting in disease. Used of microorganisms or other infectious agents: people who were infected with salmonella.

2. To cause the invasion of (a cell, for example) with a microorganism or other infectious agent: The researchers infected the bacteria with a virus.

3. To transmit a pathogen or disease to: The sick child infected the entire class.

4. To contaminate with a pathogenic microorganism or agent: Cholera infected the water supply.

5. Computers To become transmitted to and copied on (a hard drive, for example). Used of a virus or other harmful software.

6. To affect by transmission or be communicated to. Used of an idea, emotion, or attitude: "His fear infected me, and ... I followed as fast as I could" (W.H. Hudson).

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