Defn: To contaminate with illegality or to expo
Syn.
— To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile.
INFECTER
In*fect"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, infects.
INFECTIBLE
In*fect"i*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being infected.
INFECTION
In*fec"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. infection, L. infectio a dyeing.]
1. The act or process of infecting. There was a strict order against coming to those pits, and that was only to prevent infection. De Foe.
2. That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused. And that which was still worse, they that did thus break out spread the infection further by their wandering about with the distemper upon them. De Foe.
3. The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic. The danger was really very great, the infection being so very violent in London. De Foe.