infect
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French infect, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin infectus, perfect passive participle of inficiō (“dye, taint”).
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Verb
infect (third-person singular simple present infects, present participle infecting, simple past and past participle infected)
- (transitive) To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).
- 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.
- (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion.
- Her passion for dancing has infected me.
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Translations
to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness
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to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion
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Adjective
infect (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Infected.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I. iii. 187:
- And in the imitation of these twain, / Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns / With an imperial voice, many are infect.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I. iii. 187:
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
infect (feminine infecte, masculine plural infects, feminine plural infectes)
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Further reading
- “infect”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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