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Meaning Of Infect
v. t.
Infected. Cf. Enfect.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To affect with infectious disease; to communicate
infection to; as, infected with the plague.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.