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Definitions for Reinfect
[1] to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
[2] to affect with disease.
[3] to taint or contaminate with something that affects quality, character, or condition unfavorably: to infect the air with poison gas.
[4] to corrupt or affect morally: The news of the gold strike infected him with greed.
[5] to imbue with some pernicious belief, opinion, etc.
[6] to affect with a computer virus.
[7] to affect so as to influence feeling or action: His courage infected the others.
[8] Law . to taint with illegality, or expose to penalty, forfeiture, etc.
[9] to become infected.
[10] Archaic . infected.
[11] to infect or contaminate again
[12] to cause infection in; contaminate (an organism, wound, etc) with pathogenic microorganisms
[13] (also intr) to affect or become affected with a communicable disease
[14] to taint, pollute, or contaminate
[15] to affect, esp adversely, as if by contagion
[16] computing to affect with a computer virus
[17] mainly international law to taint with crime or illegality; expose to penalty or subject to forfeiture
[18] archaic contaminated or polluted with or as if with a disease; infected
Words nearby Reinfect
infectinfatuate, infatuated, infatuation, infauna, infeasible, infect, infected abortion, infectee, infection, infection immunity, infection-exhaustion psychosis
Origin of Reinfect
infect1350–1400; Middle English infecten < Latin infectus (past participle of inficere to immerse in dye, discolor, taint, poison), equivalent to in- in-2 + -fec-, combining form of facere to do1, make (see fact) + -tus past participle suffix
Words that may be confused with Reinfect
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, infectafflict, infect, inflict, infect, infest, invest
Other words from Reinfect
in·fect·ant , adjective
in·fect·ed·ness , noun
in·fec·tor , in·fect·er , noun
non·in·fect·ed , adjective
non·in·fect·ing , adjective
pre·in·fect , verb (used with object)
re·in·fect , verb (used with object)
un·in·fect·ed , adjective
Word origin for Reinfect
infectC14: from Latin inficere to dip into, stain, from facere to make