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infect - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'infect' (Webster Dictionary)

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

Meaning of 'infect' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . infect [ v]
Meaning (1):
- affect in a contagious way
Example in sentence:
  • His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room
Meaning (2):
- corrupt with ideas or an ideology
Example in sentence:
  • society was infected by racism
Meaning (3):
- communicate a disease to
Example in sentence:
  • Your children have infected you with this head cold