'Infected' definitions:

Definition of 'infected'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage" [syn: septic, infected] [ant: antiseptic]

Definition of 'Infected'

From: 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague. [1913 Webster]
  • Them that were left alive being infected with this disease. --Sir T. North. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
  • Syn: To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'infected'

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