'Infecting' definitions:
Definition of 'Infecting'
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]
Words containing 'Infecting'
- Infect,
- Infected,
- Infecter,
- Infectible,
- Infection,
- Infective,
- cross infection,
- eye infection,
- focal infection,
- fungal infection,
- highly infective,
- infective agent,
- locus of infection,
- nonsocial infection,
- opportunistic infection,
- protozoal infection,
- respiratory infection,
- risk of infection,
- staphylococcal infection,
- tapeworm infection,
- throat infection,
- venereal infection,
- vincent's infection,
- viral infection,
- virus infection,
- lower respiratory infection,
- respiratory tract infection,
- upper respiratory infection,
- urinary tract infection,
- case-to-infection proportion,
- case-to-infection ratio