Definitions for infectɪnˈfɛkt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
in•fectɪnˈfɛkt(v.t.)
to affect or contaminate with disease-producing germs.
to taint or contaminate with any harmful substance:
to infect the air with poison gas.
to corrupt or affect morally.
to imbue with some pernicious belief, opinion, etc.
to affect so as to imbue with similar feeling:
His courage infected the others.
to affect with a computer virus.
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Origin of infect:
1350–1400; ME < L infectus, ptp. of inficere to immerse in dye, taint, infect
in•fec′tor(n.)
in•fect′er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
infect(verb)
communicate a disease to
"Your children have infected you with this head cold"
infect, taint(verb)
contaminate with a disease or microorganism
infect(verb)
corrupt with ideas or an ideology
"society was infected by racism"
infect(verb)
affect in a contagious way
"His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
infect(verb)ɪnˈfɛkt
to make a disease spread
a virus infecting thousands of children
infectɪnˈfɛkt
to cause an infection
bacteria infecting the wound
infectɪnˈfɛkt
(of a computer virus) to cause damage to a computer system
a virus that infects your hard drive
infectɪnˈfɛkt
to cause to feel or be affected by an emotion
We were all infected by his humor.
Wiktionary
infect(Verb)
to bring into contact with a substance that can cause illness (a pathogen)
infect(Verb)
to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion
Her passion for dancing has infected me.
Origin: From infectus, perfect passive participle of inficio.
Webster Dictionary
Infect(verb)
infected. Cf. Enfect
Infect(verb)
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
Infect(verb)
to affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague
Infect(verb)
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
Infect(verb)
to contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty
Translations for infect
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
infect(verb)
to fill with germs that cause disease; to give a disease to
You must wash that cut on your knee in case it becomes infected; She had a bad cold last week and has infected the rest of the class.
- aansteek, besmetAfrikaans
- يُصيب بالعَدوى، يُدْخِل جُرْثومَهArabic
- заразявам сеBulgarian
- infectarPortuguese (BR)
- nakazitCzech
- infizierenGerman
- inficere; smitteDanish
- μολύνω, κολλώGreek
- infectarSpanish
- nakkama, nakatumaEstonian
- آلوده کردن؛ چرک کردنFarsi
- tartuttaaFinnish
- infecterFrench
- לַהדבִיקHebrew
- छूत लगानाHindi
- zarazitiCroatian
- (meg)fertőzHungarian
- menjangkiti, menulariIndonesian
- smitaIcelandic
- infettare, contagiareItalian
- 病気をうつすJapanese
- 감염되다Korean
- užkrėstiLithuanian
- inficēt; aplipinātLatvian
- menjangkitiMalay
- besmettenDutch
- smitte, påføre (en sykdom)Norwegian
- zakazić, zarazićPolish
- آلوده کردن؛ چرک کردنPersian
- کسیف کولPashto
- infectarPortuguese
- a infectaRomanian
- заражатьRussian
- nakaziťSlovak
- okužitiSlovenian
- zarazitiSerbian
- infektera, smitta [ner]Swedish
- ทำให้ติดเชื้อThai
- bulaştırmak, geçirmekTurkish
- 感染, 傳染Chinese (Trad.)
- заражатиUkrainian
- جراثیم زدہ کرناUrdu
- lây nhiễmVietnamese
- 感染，传染Chinese (Simp.)
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