Definitions for infect

Overview of verb infect

The verb infect has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (2) infect

(communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold")

2. (1) infect, taint

(contaminate with a disease or microorganism)

3. infect

(corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism")

4. infect

(affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room")