in'fector
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to cause infection in; contaminate (an organism, wound, etc) with pathogenic microorganisms |
| 2. | (also intr) to affect or become affected with a communicable disease |
| 3. | to taint, pollute, or contaminate |
| 4. | to affect, esp adversely, as if by contagion |
| 5. | computing to affect with a computer virus |
| 6. | chiefly international law to taint with crime or illegality; expose to penalty or subject to forfeiture |
| —adj | |
| 7. | archaic contaminated or polluted with or as if with a disease; infected |
| [C14: from Latin inficere to dip into, stain, from facere to make] | |
| in'fector | |
| —n | |
| in'fecter | |
| —n | |
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In'fector
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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