Infecting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infect \In*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infected}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Infecting}.] [L. infectus, p. p. of inficere to put or
     dip into, to stain, infect; pref. in- in + facere to make;
     cf. F. infecter. See {Fact}.]
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     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.
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     2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate
        infection to; as, infected with the plague.
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              Them that were left alive being infected with this
              disease.                              --Sir T.
                                                    North.
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     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. --Cowper.
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              Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. --Milton.
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     4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to
        penalty.
  
     Syn: To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile.
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