Infester

in·fest  (n-fst)

tr.v. in·fest·ed, in·fest·ing, in·fests

1. To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious: rats infesting the sewers; streets that were infested with drugs.

2. To live as a parasite in or on: livestock that were infested with tapeworms.

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[Middle English infesten, to distress, from Old French infester, from Latin nfestre, from nfestus, hostile; see g^whedh- in Indo-European roots.]

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infes·tation n.

in·fester n.