- 1. v. t. Infected. Cf. Enfect. Source: opted
- 2. 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. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague. Source: opted
- 4. 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. Source: opted
- 5. v. t. To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty. Source: opted
- 6. v. communicate a disease to Source: wordnet
- 7. v. contaminate with a disease or microorganism Source: wordnet
- 8. v. corrupt with ideas or an ideology Source: wordnet
- 9. v. affect in a contagious way Source: wordnet
- 10. v:100 v. communicate a disease to v. contaminate with a disease or microorganism v. corrupt with ideas or an ideology v. affect in a contagious way Source: ecdict
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