Infect
11infect — [v] pollute, contaminate affect, blight, corrupt, defile, disease, influence, poison, spoil, spread among, spread to, taint, touch, vitiate; concepts 143,246 …
12infect — Infect, ou Infecté, Infectus …
13infect — ► VERB 1) affect with a disease causing organism. 2) contaminate; affect adversely. DERIVATIVES infector noun. ORIGIN Latin inficere to taint …
14infect — [in fekt′] vt. [ME infecten < MFr infecter < L infectus, pp. of inficere, to put or dip into, tinge, stain < in , in + facere, to DO1] 1. to contaminate with a disease producing organism or matter 2. to cause to become diseased by… …
15infect — [[t]ɪnfe̱kt[/t]] ♦♦♦ infects, infecting, infected 1) VERB To infect people, animals, or plants means to cause them to have a disease or illness. [V n] A single mosquito can infect a large number of people. [V ed] ...objects used by an infected… …
16infect */ — UK [ɪnˈfekt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms infect : present tense I/you/we/they infect he/she/it infects present participle infecting past tense infected past participle infected 1) a) [often passive] to make someone get a disease, that can… …
17infect — dis·infect; su·per·infect; infect; co·infect; …
18INFECT — ECTE. adj. Puant, gâté, corrompu, qui est infecté, ou qui infecte Il a l haleine infecte. Il est puant et infect. Des eaux infectes. D infectes vapeurs. Un lieu infect. Un air infect …
19infect — in|fect [ınˈfekt] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of inficere to dip in, stain ] 1.) to give someone a disease ▪ People with the virus may feel perfectly well, but they can still infect others. infect with ▪ the number… …
20infect — in|fect [ ın fekt ] verb transitive * 1. ) often passive to make someone get a disease, that can be spread from one person to another: Thousands of people have been infected. If you return to work too soon, you may infect other people. be… …
