Found 3 items, similar to infect.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: infect
menular, menyakiti
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: infect
infect
v 1: communicate a disease to;
“Your children have infected you
with this head cold”
2: contaminate with a disease or microorganism [syn:
taint]
[ant:
disinfect]
3: contaminate with ideas or an ideology;
“society was infected
by racism”
4: affect in a contagious way;
“His laughter infects everyone
who is in the same room”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Infect
Infect
\In*fect"\, 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.]
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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.
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2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate
infection to; as, infected with the plague.
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Them that were left alive being infected with this
disease. --Sir T.
North.
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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.
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Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. --Milton.
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4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to
penalty.
Syn: To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile.
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Infect
\In*fect"\, a. [L. infectus: cf. F. infect. See
Infect,
v. t.]
Infected. Cf.
Enfect. [Obs.] --Shak.
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