infect : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: infect	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for infect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
infect v communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold" contaminate with a disease or microorganism Synonym(s): infect, taint Antonym(s): disinfect corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism" affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infect \In*fect"\, a. [L. infectus: cf. F. infect. See {Infect}, v. t.] Infected. Cf. {Enfect}. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infect \Infect"\, 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.