Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to infest
Participle: infested
Gerund: infesting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | infest |
| you | infest |
| he;she;it | infests |
| we | infest |
| you | infest |
| they | infest |
Perfect
| I | have infested |
| you | have infested |
| he;she;it | has infested |
| we | have infested |
| you | have infested |
| they | have infested |
Past
| I | infested |
| you | infested |
| he;she;it | infested |
| we | infested |
| you | infested |
| they | infested |
Pluperfect
| I | had infested |
| you | had infested |
| he;she;it | had infested |
| we | had infested |
| you | had infested |
| they | had infested |
Future
| I | will infest |
| you | will infest |
| he;she;it | will infest |
| we | will infest |
| you | will infest |
| they | will infest |
Future Perfect
| I | will have infested |
| you | will have infested |
| he;she;it | will have infested |
| we | will have infested |
| you | will have infested |
| they | will have infested |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | infest |
| you | infest |
| he;she;it | infest |
| we | infest |
| you | infest |
| they | infest |
Perfect
| I | have infested |
| you | have infested |
| he;she;it | have infested |
| we | have infested |
| you | have infested |
| they | have infested |
Imperfect
| I | infested |
| you | infested |
| he;she;it | infested |
| we | infested |
| you | infested |
| they | infested |
Pluperfect
| I | had infested |
| you | had infested |
| he;she;it | had infested |
| we | had infested |
| you | had infested |
| they | had infested |
Conditional
Present
| I | would infest |
| you | would infest |
| he;she;it | would infest |
| we | would infest |
| you | would infest |
| they | would infest |
Perfect
| I | would have infested |
| you | would have infested |
| he;she;it | would have infested |
| we | would have infested |
| you | would have infested |
| they | would have infested |
Imperative
| you | infest |
| we | Let's infest |
| you | infest |
Verbs conjugated like 'infest'
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 'infest'
incest,
infect,
infeft,
ingest,
invest,
impest,
incent,
incept,
inchest,
increst,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1477, "to attack, assail, hurt, distress, annoy," from M.Fr.
infester, from L.
infestare "to attack, disturb, trouble," from
infestus "hostile, dangerous," originally "inexorable, not able to be handled," from
in- "not" +
-festus "(able to be) seized." Sense of "swarm over in large numbers" first recorded 1602.
2. From Middle English infesten, from Old French infester (“to infest”), from Latin īnfestō (“assail, molest”, verb), from īnfestus (“hostile”), of uncertain origin. See: Latin '
īnfestō'.
Sample Sentences
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Insects are infesting my basement!
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Sir, my liege,
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Do not infest your mind with beating on
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The strangeness of this business; at pick’d leisure
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Which shall be shortly, I’ll resolve you,
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Which to you shall seem probable, of every
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These happen’d accidents; till when, be cheerful
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And think of each thing well. [1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:]
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I come now to speak of the Pyrates infesting the West-Indies, where they are more numerous than in any other Parts of the World, on several Reasons […] [1724, Daniel Defoe (attributed), “Introduction”, in A General History of the Pirates, 2nd edition, London: T. Warner, page 24:]
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It has often happened, that whole caravans have perished in crossing those deserts, either by the burning winds that infest them, or by the sands which are raised by the tempest, and overwhelm every creature in certain ruin. [1791, Oliver Goldsmith, “Of Mummies, Wax-Works, &c.”, in An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. […], new edition, volume II, London: […] F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse, […], →OCLC, page 252:]
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Nor was the biscuit much better; nearly all of it was broken into hard, little gunflints, honeycombed through and through, as if the worms usually infesting this article in long tropical voyages had, in boring after nutriment, come out at the antipodes without finding anything. [1847 March 30, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:]