Infect

Definition of Infect

In`fect´

a.	1.	Infected. Cf. Enfect.
v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Infected; p. pr. & vb. n. Infecting.]
	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. Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. - Milton.
	4.	(Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.

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