Infect word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "infect" word
[verb] communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"
[verb] affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
[verb] contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"
\In*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infecting}.] [L. infectus, p. p. of inficere to put or dip into, to stain, infect; pref. in- in + facere to make; cf. F. infecter. See {Fact}.] 1. 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. 2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague. Them that were left alive being infected with this disease. --Sir T. North. 3. To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious. --Cowper. Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. --Milton. 4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty. Syn: To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile.
Synonyms for infect
taint
Antonyms: disinfect
See also: affect | canker | contaminate | corrupt | debase | debauch | demoralise | demoralize | deprave | foul | give | impress | misdirect | move | pervert | pollute | profane | smut | strike | subvert | superinfect | vitiate |
Related terms: abuse, adulterate, aggrieve, bewitch, canker, charge, condemn, damage, debauch, desecrate, destroy, do evil, imbue, impair, inform, mess up, prostitute, radiumize, ravage, warp, wound, wrong
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Let's analyse "infect" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TCEFNI. Average typing speed for these characters is 1635 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
infect: 9 + 5 = 14, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five. |
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