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in⋅fract

[in-frakt]
–verb (used with object)
to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).

Origin:
1790–1800; < L infrāctus ptp. of infringere to break, bend, weaken (see infringe ), equiv. to in- in- 2 + frag- (var. s. of frangere to break; see frangible ) + -tus ptp. suffix


in⋅frac⋅tor, noun
in·fract   (ĭn-frākt')   
tr.v.   in·fract·ed, in·fract·ing, in·fracts
To infringe; violate.

[Latin īnfringere, īnfrāct-, to destroy; see infringe.]
in·frac'tor n.

Infract

In*fract"\ (?n-fr[hand]kt"), a. [L. infractus; pref. in- not + fractus. p. p. of frangere to break.] Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.] --Chapman.

Infract

In*fract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Infracting.] [L. infractus, p. p. of of infringere. See Infringe.] To break; to infringe. [R.] --Thomson.
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