infect English
Verb
( en verb)
To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke
, title= In the News
, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=( American Scientist)
, passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.}}
To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion.
-
Antonyms
* disinfect
Derived terms
* infection
* infectible
Related terms
* infectious
Adjective
( -)
(obsolete) Infected.
* 1602 , , I. iii. 187:
- And in the imitation of these twain, / Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns / With an imperial voice, many are infect .
----
|
canker English
Noun
(botany) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
* Temple
- the cankers of envy and faction
A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.
* Shakespeare
- To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose, / And plant this thorn, this canker , Bolingbroke.
An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.
An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae .
An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; usually resulting from neglected thrush.
Synonyms
* water canker, canker of the mouth, noma
* (bird disease) avian trichomoniasis, roup
* (hawk disease) frounce
Related terms
*
Verb
( en verb)
To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
* 1849 , , In Memoriam , 26:
- Still onward winds the dreary way; / I with it; for I long to prove / No lapse of moons can canker Love, / Whatever fickle tongues may say.
To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
References
*
----
|
