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"word": "disinfect"
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"word": "infection"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, perfect passive participle of inficiō (“dye, taint”).",
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"text": "Not everyone will be infected when an epidemic strikes.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193",
"text": "Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "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 2020-02-18, Asia Pacific",
"text": "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.",
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"To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it."
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"(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it."
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "aansteek"
},
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaʕdā",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "أَعْدَى"
},
{
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infestar"
},
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "contaxar"
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infectar"
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "contagiar"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "傳染"
},
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"roman": "chuánrǎn",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "传染"
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "nakazit"
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infikovat"
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "smitte"
},
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infecteren"
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infekti"
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infecter"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infectar"
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "inpicireba",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "ინფიცირება"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "gadadeba",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "გადადება"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "dasnebovneba",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "დასნებოვნება"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "dasenianeba",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "დასენიანება"
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "anstecken"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infizieren"
},
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "fertőz"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "megfertőz"
},
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infektar"
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "galraigh"
},
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "ionfhabhtaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "contagiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infettare"
},
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"alt": "かんせんさせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kansen saseru",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "感染させる"
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "chlɑɑng",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "ឆ្លង"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "inficēt"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "jangkit"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "whakapoke"
},
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "înfecter"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infectar"
},
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zakażać"
},
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "zakazić"
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "zarażać"
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"tags": [
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"word": "zarazić"
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{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infectar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "contagiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "qatiy"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infecta"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "contamina"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaražátʹ",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заража́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zarazítʹ",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зарази́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "inficírovatʹ",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "инфици́ровать"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "okužiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infectar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "contagiar"
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "smitta"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "infektera"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtìt-chʉ́ʉa",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "ติดเชื้อ"
},
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"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rnag bsags",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "རྣག་བསགས"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "nhiễm"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "lây"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 16 1",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "näfätön"
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"To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen."
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"(transitive) To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen."
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"text": "Her passion for dancing has infected me.",
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"To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others."
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"_dis1": "2 1 97",
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"word": "заразявам"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǎnrǎn",
"sense": "to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion",
"word": "感染"
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"sense": "to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion",
"word": "infecteren"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion",
"word": "tartuttaa"
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"sense": "to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion",
"word": "infecter"
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"roman": "gadadeba",
"sense": "to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion",
"word": "გადადება"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gadacema",
"sense": "to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion",
"word": "გადაცემა"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gadasdebs",
"sense": "to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion",
"word": "გადასდებს"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gadascems",
"sense": "to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion",
"word": "გადასცემს"
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"_dis1": "2 1 97",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion",
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"sense": "to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion",
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"_dis1": "2 1 97",
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"sense": "to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion",
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"_dis1": "2 1 97",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion",
"word": "lan truyền"
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"code": "ms",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
"word": "རྣག་བསགས"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness",
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