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infestation - 3 dictionary results

in⋅fes⋅ta⋅tion

[in-fe-stey-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of infesting; state of being infested.
2. a harassing or troublesome invasion: an infestation of ants.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME infestacio(u)n < LL infestātiōn- (s. of infestātiō). See infest, -ation
in·fest   (ĭn-fěst')   
tr.v.   in·fest·ed, in·fest·ing, in·fests
  1. To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious: rats infesting the sewers; streets that were infested with drugs.
  2. To live as a parasite in or on: livestock that were infested with tapeworms.

[Middle English infesten, to distress, from Old French infester, from Latin īnfestāre, from īnfestus, hostile; see gwhedh- in Indo-European roots.]
in'fes·ta'tion n., in·fest'er n.

Main Entry: in·fes·ta·tion
Pronunciation: "in-"fes-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act of infesting something
2 : something that infests
3 : the state of being infested especially with metazoan ectoparasites
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