infect

Verb
  1. Communicate a disease to (synset 200089502)
    "Your children have infected you with this head cold"
    is a type of: give - cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
    subtypes: canker - infect with a canker
  2. Contaminate with a disease or microorganism (synset 200088465)
    is a type of: contaminate, foul, pollute - make impure
    subtypes:
    • superinfect - infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms
    • smut - affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
    same as: taint
  3. Corrupt with ideas or an ideology (synset 202586322)
    "society was infected by racism"
    is a type of: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  4. Affect in a contagious way (synset 200606893)
    "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
    is a type of: affect, impress, move, strike - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

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