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infect v. communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"
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infect v. [
taint] contaminate with a disease or microorganism
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infect v. corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"
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infect v. affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
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