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Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-fekt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈfɛkt



Definition of infected

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin infectus, past participle of inficere "to spoil, stain," literally "to put in to, dip into," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + facere "perform" (see factitious). Related: Infected; infecting.
  • verb pollute, contaminate
Example sentences :
  • This man had an infected leg that required some minor surgery.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Grushnitski appears to be very glad that she is not infected by my gaiety.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • Why, even peace-loving Tubby seemed to be infected with some of it.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson
  • The truth is, Theaetetus, that we have long been infected with logical impurity.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • Such was ever his fury in an engagement that it infected and inspired his followers.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Fanfulla eyed him, infected by the boisterous gladness of his mood.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • It was as if the mate had infected him with his own diseased devotion.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • A doctor at Kephalos, it seems, infected them with this poison of despondency.
  • Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
  • The gloomy weather seemed to have infected the driver as well as myself.
  • Extract from : « Among the Pines » by James R. Gilmore
  • The author an eye-witness of it, and visited the infected, 167.
  • Extract from : « An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa » by Abd Salam Shabeeny

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