Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to infect
Participle: infected
Gerund: infecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | infect |
| you | infect |
| he;she;it | infects |
| we | infect |
| you | infect |
| they | infect |
Perfect
| I | have infected |
| you | have infected |
| he;she;it | has infected |
| we | have infected |
| you | have infected |
| they | have infected |
Past
| I | infected |
| you | infected |
| he;she;it | infected |
| we | infected |
| you | infected |
| they | infected |
Pluperfect
| I | had infected |
| you | had infected |
| he;she;it | had infected |
| we | had infected |
| you | had infected |
| they | had infected |
Future
| I | will infect |
| you | will infect |
| he;she;it | will infect |
| we | will infect |
| you | will infect |
| they | will infect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have infected |
| you | will have infected |
| he;she;it | will have infected |
| we | will have infected |
| you | will have infected |
| they | will have infected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | infect |
| you | infect |
| he;she;it | infect |
| we | infect |
| you | infect |
| they | infect |
Perfect
| I | have infected |
| you | have infected |
| he;she;it | have infected |
| we | have infected |
| you | have infected |
| they | have infected |
Imperfect
| I | infected |
| you | infected |
| he;she;it | infected |
| we | infected |
| you | infected |
| they | infected |
Pluperfect
| I | had infected |
| you | had infected |
| he;she;it | had infected |
| we | had infected |
| you | had infected |
| they | had infected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would infect |
| you | would infect |
| he;she;it | would infect |
| we | would infect |
| you | would infect |
| they | would infect |
Perfect
| I | would have infected |
| you | would have infected |
| he;she;it | would have infected |
| we | would have infected |
| you | would have infected |
| they | would have infected |
Imperative
| you | infect |
| we | Let's infect |
| you | infect |
Verbs conjugated like 'infect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'infect'
infeft,
infest,
inflect,
inject,
invect,
affect,
coinfect,
confect,
defect,
effect,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make or render worse
- adulterate, aggravate, canker, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degrade, deteriorate, envenom, exacerbate, impair, pejorate, set back, stain, vitiate, weaken
- contaminate
- pervert, debase, pollute, adulterate, taint
Antonyms
- contaminate
- purify, cleanse, sanctify, chasten
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, from L.
infectus, pp. of
inficere "to spoil, stain," lit. "to put in," from
in- "in" +
facere "perform" (see factitious).
Infection is 1548 in sense of "communication of disease by agency of air or water" (distinguished from
contagion, which is body-to-body communication).
Infectious "catching, having the quality of spreading from person to person" is 1542 of diseases, 1611 of emotions, actions, etc.
2. From Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, perfect passive participle of inficiō (“dye, taint”).
Verbs referencing "infect"
Finnish with old forms
infektoida, Ido infektar.
Sample Sentences
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Not everyone will be infected when an epidemic strikes.
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Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. [2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:]
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Ms. Tang’s inevitable contact with people who are ill has started to worry her. It did not help when she learned that someone living in a building near her own, in Siu Sai Wan, had been infected by the virus. [2020 February 18, Isabella Kwai, “How a Pharmacy Handles Mask Hoarders and Coronavirus Fears”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2020, Asia Pacific:]
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Her passion for dancing has infected me.
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Guido, by way of diverting the embarrassment which seemed to infect them all, began to unfasten the packet of letters. [1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 164:]