infect

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb communicate a disease to
  2. verb contaminate with a disease or microorganism
  3. verb corrupt with ideas or an ideology

Etymology

From Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, perfect passive participle of inficiō (“dye, taint”).

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