What is the meaning of infect?

verb

  • Communicate a disease to.
    • usage: "Your children have infected you with this head cold"
  • Contaminate with a disease or microorganism.
  • Corrupt with ideas or an ideology.
    • usage: "society was infected by racism"
  • Affect in a contagious way.
    • usage: "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
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