infect
/ɪnˈfɛkt/ verb B2- To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it. · Not everyone will be infected when an epidemic strikes.
- To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
- To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others. · Her passion for dancing has infected me.
- Of a computer virus: to insert its own code into (another executable file).
He/she/it infects · Past infected · Past participle infected · -ing form infecting
Verb forms
- Base form
- infect
- He/she/it
- infects
- Past
- infected
- Past participle
- infected
- -ing form
- infecting
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