·vt Infected. ·cf. Enfect.
II. Infect ·vt To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
III. Infect ·vt To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.
IV. Infect ·vt 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.
V. Infect ·vt 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.