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verb

1. To have a destructive effect on: canker, envenom, poison. Archaic empoison. See help/harm/harmless.
2. To make morally impure: contaminate, corrupt, defile, pollute, soil, taint. See clean/dirty.

v

Definition: contaminate
Antonyms: disinfect, purify

IN BRIEF: To make diseased; to spread to others.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. — Plato (c.427-347 BC), Greek philosopher.

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1. to cause infection in (an organism, wound, etc.), especially with pathogenic microorganisms.
2. to affect or become affected with a communicable disease.

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See words rhyming with "infect."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Infect.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - smitte, inficere

Nederlands (Dutch)
infecteren, besmetten, aansteken, vervuilen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Méd) contaminer, infecter, (fig) corrompre

Deutsch (German)
v. - infizieren, verseuchen, anstecken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (παθολ., μτφ.) μολύνω, μιαίνω, μεταδίδω λοιμώδες νόσημα, κολλώ, επηρεάζω

Italiano (Italian)
infettare, contagiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - infeccionar

Русский (Russian)
заражать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - contagiar, infectar, contaminar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - infektera (äv. bildl. o data), smitta ner, fördärva (moraliskt)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
传染, 感染

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 傳染, 感染

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에 감염시키다., ~에 영향을 미치다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 病気をうつす, 感染させる, 染ませる, 感染する, 汚染する, 感化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصيب, يعدي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הדביק (במחלה), זיהם‬

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