Word: infect
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: in
fect
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: infect
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in
Affix: factus
Language: la
Decoded: factus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: became