Associations to the word «Infect»

Wiktionary

INFECT, verb. (transitive) To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).
INFECT, verb. (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion.
INFECT, adjective. (obsolete) Infected.

Dictionary definition

INFECT, verb. Communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold".
INFECT, verb. Contaminate with a disease or microorganism.
INFECT, verb. Corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism".
INFECT, verb. Affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room".

Wise words

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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