infect

infect

affect with disease; contaminate; damage

Not to be confused with:

infest – overrun or beset: shark-infested waters

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in·fect

 (ĭn-fĕkt′)

tr.v. in·fect·ed, in·fect·ing, in·fects

1. To invade and proliferate in, often resulting in disease. Used of microorganisms or other infectious agents: people who were infected with salmonella.

2. To cause the invasion of (a cell, for example) with a microorganism or other infectious agent: The researchers infected the bacteria with a virus.

3. To transmit a pathogen or disease to: The sick child infected the entire class.

4. To contaminate with a pathogenic microorganism or agent: Cholera infected the water supply.

5. Computers To become transmitted to and copied on (a hard drive, for example). Used of a virus or other harmful software.

6. To affect by transmission or be communicated to. Used of an idea, emotion, or attitude: "His fear infected me, and ... I followed as fast as I could" (W.H. Hudson).

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[Middle English infecten, to afflict with disease, from Latin īnficere, īnfect-, to stain, infect (in-, in; see in-² + facere, to do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots).]

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infect

(ɪnˈfɛkt)

vb (mainly tr)

1. (Pathology) to cause infection in; contaminate (an organism, wound, etc) with pathogenic microorganisms

2. (Pathology) (also intr) to affect or become affected with a communicable disease

3. to taint, pollute, or contaminate

4. to affect, esp adversely, as if by contagion

5. (Computer Science) computing to affect with a computer virus

6. (Law) chiefly international law to taint with crime or illegality; expose to penalty or subject to forfeiture

adj

archaic contaminated or polluted with or as if with a disease; infected

[C14: from Latin inficere to dip into, stain, from facere to make]

inˈfector, inˈfecter n

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in•fect

(ɪnˈfɛkt)

v.t.

1. to affect or contaminate with disease-producing germs.

2. to taint or contaminate with any harmful substance: to infect the air with poison gas.

3. to corrupt or affect morally.

4. to imbue with some pernicious belief, opinion, etc.

5. to affect so as to imbue with similar feeling: His courage infected the others.

6. to affect with a computer virus.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin infectus, past participle of inficere to immerse in dye, taint, infect]

in•fect′ant, adj.

in•fect′ed•ness, n.

in•fec′tor, in•fect′er, n.

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infect

- From Latin inficere, "put in" or "dip in," which came to mean "stain, taint, spoil."

See also related terms for spoil.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

infect

Past participle: infected
Gerund: infecting

Imperative

infect

infect

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	infect - communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold" canker - infect with a canker give - cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"
	2.	infect - contaminate with a disease or microorganism taint superinfect - infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms smut - affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn contaminate, pollute, foul - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" disinfect - destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound"
	3.	infect - corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism" corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate, subvert - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
	4.	infect - affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room" impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

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infect

verb

1. contaminate, transmit disease to, spread disease to or among A single mosquito can infect a large number of people.

2. pollute, dirty, poison, foul, corrupt, contaminate, taint, defile, vitiate The birds infect the milk.

3. affect, move, touch, influence, upset, overcome, stir, disturb I was infected by her fear.

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infect

verb

1. To have a destructive effect on:

canker, envenom, poison.

Archaic: empoison.

2. To make morally impure:

contaminate, corrupt, defile, pollute, soil, taint.

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Translations

يُصيب بالعَدوى، يُدْخِل جُرْثومَه

nakazitinfikovat

inficeresmitte

infizierenanstecken

μολύνω

infectaralborotarcontagiar

infecter

fertőz

smita

infettareammorbarecontagiarefare infezione

infekcinisinfekciškaiužkrėstiužkrėtimas

aplipinātinficēt

aanstekeninfecteren

påføresmitte

okužiti

bulaştırmakgeçirmek

传染感染

infect

[ɪnˈfekt] VT [+ wound, foot] → infectar; [+ person] → contagiar; [+ food] → contaminar
to infect sb with sth → contagiar algo a algn
don't infect us all with your cold! → ¡no nos contagies tu resfriado a todos!, ¡no nos pegues tu resfriado a todos!
he's infected everybody with his enthusiasm → contagió su entusiasmo a todos
scientists infected mice with the disease → los científicos inocularon la enfermedad a or en ratones

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

infect

[ɪnˈfɛkt] vt

[+ person, blood] → infecter, contaminer
to be infected with sth [+ illness] → être atteint(e) de qch

(fig) (= influence) → corrompre

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

infect

vt

wound, blood → infizieren; (lit) person → anstecken, infizieren; water → verseuchen, verunreinigen; meat → verderben; to be infected with or by an illness → sich mit einer Krankheit infiziert or angesteckt haben; his wound became infected → seine Wunde entzündete sich; her cold infected all her friends → sie steckte alle ihre Freunde mit ihrer Erkältung an; this is likely to infect the rest of the economy → das breitet sich wahrscheinlich auf den Rest der Wirtschaft aus

(fig: with enthusiasm etc) → anstecken; for a moment I was infected by her fear → für einen Augenblick ließ ich mich von ihrer Angst anstecken

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

infect

[ɪnˈfɛkt] vt (wound) → infettare; (person) → contagiare; (food, air) → contaminare (fig) (poison) → corrompere; (influence) → influenzare
to infect sb with a disease → trasmettere una malattia a qn
he's infected everybody with his enthusiasm → ha contagiato tutti con il suo entusiasmo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

infect

(inˈfekt) verb

to fill with germs that cause disease; to give a disease to. You must wash that cut on your knee in case it becomes infected; She had a bad cold last week and has infected the rest of the class. aansteek, besmet يُصيب بالعَدوى، يُدْخِل جُرْثومَه заразявам се infectar nakazit infizieren inficere; smitte μολύνω, κολλώinfectar nakkama, nakatuma آلوده کردن؛ چرک کردن tartuttaa infecter לַהדבִיק छूत लगाना zaraziti (meg)fertőz menjangkiti, menulari smita infettare, contagiare 病気をうつす 감염되다 užkrėsti inficēt; aplipināt menjangkiti besmettensmitte, påførezakazić, zarazić کسیف کول infectar a infecta заражать nakaziť okužiti zaraziti infektera, smitta [ner] ทำให้ติดเชื้อ bulaştırmak, geçirmek 感染, 傳染 заражати جراثیم زدہ کرنا lây nhiễm 感染，传染

inˈfection (-ʃən) noun

1. the process of infecting or state of being infected. You should wash your hands after handling raw meat to avoid infection. infeksie, ontsteking عَدْوى، إنْتِقال المَرَض инфекция infecção infekce die Ansteckung infektion μόλυνσηinfección nakkus آلودگی؛ عفونت tartunta infection הִידַבּקוּת बीमारी की छूत zaraza fertőzés infeksi smit infezione 感染 감염 užkrėtimas, infekcija inficēšanās jangkitan besmettingsmitte, infeksjonzakażenie آلودګی infecção infecţie заражение infekcia okužba infekcija smitta, smittoämne การติดเชื้อ bulaşma 感染 зараження جراثیم زدگی sự lây nhiễm 感染

2. a disease. a throat infection. infeksie مَرَض، إصابة بالمَرَض зараза infecção infekce die Infektion infektion; -infektion μόλυνση, μολυσματική αρρώστια infección haigus بیماری عفونی infektio infection מַחֲלָה מִידַבֶּקֶת infekcija fertőzés penyakit sÿking infezione 感染 전염병 infekcija infekcija penyakit infectieinfeksjon, smittsom, sykdomzapalenie ناروغى، جسمى يا فكرى ناروغتيا،مرض علت infecção infecţie инфекция infekcia infekcijska bolezen infekcija infektion เชื้อโรค hastalık, enfeksiyon 傳染病 інфекція; зараза متعدی بیماری căn bệnh 传染病

inˈfectious (-ʃəs) adjective

likely to spread to others. Measles is an infectious disease. aansteeklik مُعْدٍ، ناقِل العَدْوى заразен infeccioso nakažlivý ansteckend smitsom μολυσματικόςinfeccioso nakkus- واگیر دار tarttuva contagieuxמידבק छूत से लगने वाला zarazan fertőző menular smitandi infettivo, contagioso 伝染性の 전염성인 užkrečiamas, infekcinis infekcijas-; lipīgs berjangkit besmettelijksmittsom, smittendezakaźny ساري،ساري مرض infeccioso con­tagios заразный nákazlivý nalezljiv zarazan smittsam ซึ่งติดเชื้อ bulaşıcı 會傳染的 заразний; інфекційний متعدی truyền nhiễm 有传染性的，传染的

inˈfectiously adverb

aansteeklike بصورةٍ مُعْدِيَه заразно infecciosamente nakažlivě ansteckend smitsomt μολυσματικά, μεταδοτικά de manera infecciosa nakkuslikult بطور مسری tarttuvasti de manière contagieuse בְּצוּרָה מִידַבֶּקֶת संक्रामकता zarazno fertőző módon secara menular með smitandi hætti in maniera contagiosa 伝染して 전염되기 쉽게 infekciškai lipīgi dengan berjangkit besmettelijksmittsomt, smittende zaraźliwie د مسری په دوله infecciosamente contagios заразно nákazlivo nalezljivo zarazno smittsamt ติดเชื้อ bulaşıcı şekilde 會傳染地 заразно تعدیہ کی طرح dễ lây lan 传染地

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in·fect

vt. infectar;

vr. infectarse; contaminar con un agente patógeno.

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infect

vt infectar; infected with (a disease) infectado con; (an agent of disease) infectado con or por; infected with TB..infectado con TB; infected with HIV..infectado con or por VIH; to become infected infectarse

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