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Inextricableness (?), n. The state of being inextricable.
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Inextricably, adv. In an inextricable manner.
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Ineye (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ineyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ineyeing.] [Pref. in- in + eye.] To ingraft, as a tree or plant, by the insertion of a bud or eye; to inoculate.
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The arts of grafting and ineying. J. Philips.
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Infabricated (?), a. Not fabricated; unwrought; not artificial; natural. [Obs.]
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Infallibilist (?), n. One who accepts or maintains the dogma of papal infallibility.
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Infallibility (?), n. [Cf. F. infaillibilité.] The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability.
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Infallibility is the highest perfection of the knowing faculty. Tillotson.
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Coloq. Papal infallibility (R. C. Ch.), the dogma that the pope can not, when acting in his official character of supreme pontiff, err in defining a doctrine of Christian faith or rule of morals, to be held by the church. This was decreed by the Ecumenical Council at the Vatican, July 18, 1870.
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Infallible (?), a. [Pref. in- not + fallible: cf. F. infallible.]
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1. Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. Dryden.
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2. Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy.
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To whom also he showed himself alive, after his passion, by many infallible proofs. Acts i. 3.
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3. (R. C. Ch.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under .
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Infallibleness, n. The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility. Bp. Hall.
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Infallibly, adv. In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly. Blair.
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Infame (?), v. t. [L. infamare, fr. infamis infamous: cf. F. infamer, It. infamare. See .] To defame; to make infamous. [Obs.] Milton.
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Livia is infamed for the poisoning of her husband. Bacon.
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Infamize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infamized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Infamizing (?).] To make infamous; to defame. [R.] Coleridge.
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Infamous (?), a. [Pref. in- not + famous: cf. L. infamis. See .]
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1. Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.
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False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn. Spenser.
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2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption. Macaulay.
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3. (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
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4. Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous. “Infamous woods.” P. Fletcher.
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Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. Milton.
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The piny shade
More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. Dryden.

Syn. -- Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile; shameful; ignominious.
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Infamously, adv. In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully.
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The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been infamously monopolized and huckstered. Burke.
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Infamousness, n. The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
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Infamy (?), n.; pl. Infamies (#). [L. infamia, fr. infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F. infamie. See .]
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1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.
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The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to such infamy. Bp. Burnet.
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2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
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3. (Law) That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
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Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 -- a day which will live in infamy, . . . Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Infancy (?), n. [L. infantia: cf. F. enfance. See .]
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1. The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.
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The babe yet lies in smiling infancy. Milton.
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Their love in early infancy began. Dryden.
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2. The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art.
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The infancy and the grandeur of Rome. Arbuthnot.
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3. (Law) The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.
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Infandous (?), a. [L. infandus; pref. in- not + fari to speak.] Too odious to be expressed or mentioned. [Obs.] Howell.
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Infangthef (?), n. [AS. in-fangen-þeóf; in in, into + fangen taken (p. p. of fōn to take) + þeóf thief.] (O. Eng. Law) The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords. Cowell.
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Infant (?), n. [L. infans; pref. in- not + fari to speak: cf. F. enfant, whence OE. enfaunt. See , and cf. , .] 1. A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age.
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And tender cries of infants pierce the ear. C. Pitt.
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2. (Law) A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor.
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☞ An infant under seven years of age is not penally responsible; between seven and fourteen years of age, he may be convicted of a malicious offense if malice be proved. He becomes of age on the day preceding his twenty-first birthday, previous to which time an infant has no capacity to contract.
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3. Same as . [Obs.] Spenser.
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Infant (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength.
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2. Intended for young children; as, an infant school.
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Infant, v. t. [Cf. F. enfanter.] To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general. [Obs.]
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This worthy motto, “No bishop, no king,” is . . . infanted out of the same fears. Milton.
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Infanta (?), n. [Sp. & Pg., fem. of infante. See .] A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest.
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Infante (?), n. [Sp. & Pg. See .] A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.
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Infanthood (?), n. Infancy. [R.]
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Infanticidal (?), a. Of or pertaining to infanticide; engaged in, or guilty of, child murder.
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Infanticide (?), n. [L. infanticidium child murder; infans, -antis, child + caedere to kill: cf. F. infanticide. See , and .] The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.
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Infanticide, n. [L. infanticida: cf. F. infanticide.] One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.
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Infantile (?; 277), a. [L. infantilis: cf. F. infantile. See .] Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.
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Infantile paralysis. (Med.) An acute viral disease, affecting almost exclusively infants and young adults, characterized by inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities. Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis, poliomyelitis and polio. It is caused by any one of three polioviruses, and by the end of the twentieth century had been almost completely eradicated in developed countries by a widespread campaign of immunization.
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Infantine (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. enfantin.] Infantile; childish.
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A degree of credulity next infantine. Burke.
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Infantlike (?), a. Like an infant. Shak.
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Infantly, a. Like an infant. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Infantry (?), n. [F. infanterie, It. infanteria, fr. infante infant, child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L. infans, -antis, child; foot soldiers being formerly the servants and followers of knights. See .]
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1. A body of children. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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2. (Mil.) A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry.
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Infarce (?), v. t. [L. infarcire: pref. in- in + farcire, fartum and farctum, to stuff, cram.] To stuff; to swell. [Obs.]
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The body is infarced with . . . watery humors. Sir T. Elyot.
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Infarct (?), n. [See .] 1. (Med.) An obstruction or embolus in one of the blood vessels.
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2. (Med.) The morbid condition of a limited area resulting from such obstruction; also, the localized necrotic (dead) tissue resulting from such obstruction; as, a hemorrhagic infarct.
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Infarction (?), n. [See .] 1. The act of stuffing or filling; Specifically: (Med.) the formation of an infarct; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.
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2. An infarct{2}; as, a cardiac infarction.
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Infare (?), n. [AS. infær entrance.] A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, or entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house. [Written also infair.] [Scot., & Local, U. S.]
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Infashionable, a. Unfashionable. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Infatigable (?), a. [L. infatigabilis: cf. F. infatigable.] Indefatigable. [Obs.] Daniel.
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Infatuate (?; 135), a. [L. infatuatus, p. p. of infatuare to infatuate; pref. in- in + fatuus foolish. See .] Infatuated. Bp. Hall.
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Infatuate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infatuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Infatuating.]
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1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.
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The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction. Clarendon.
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2. To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming.
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The people are . . . infatuated with the notion. Addison.
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Infatuated (?), a. Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation.
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Infatuation (?), n. [LL. infatuatio: cf. F. infatuation.] The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.
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The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of mankind are amazing; but the infatuations of the learned and sophistical are incomparably more so. I. Taylor.
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Such is the infatuation of self-love. Blair.
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Infaust (?), a. [L. infaustus; pref. in- not + faustus fortunate, lucky.] Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister. [R.] Ld. Lytton.
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Infausting (?), n. The act of making unlucky; misfortune; bad luck. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Infeasibility (?), n. The state of being infeasible; impracticability.
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Infeasible (?), a. Not capable of being done or accomplished; impracticable. Glanvill.
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Infeasibleness, n. The state of quality of being infeasible; infeasibility. W. Montagu.
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Infect (?), a. [L. infectus: cf. F. infect. See , v. t.] Infected. Cf. . [Obs.] Shak.
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Infect, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infected; p. pr. & vb. n. Infecting.] [L. infectus, p. p. of inficere to put or dip into, to stain, infect; pref. in- in + facere to make; cf. F. infecter. See .]
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1. To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment.
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2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.
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Them that were left alive being infected with this disease. Sir T. North.
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3. To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious. Cowper.
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Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. Milton.
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4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.

Syn. -- To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile.
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Infecter (?), n. One who, or that which, infects.
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Infectible (?), a. Capable of being infected.
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Infection (?), n. [Cf. F. infection, L. infectio a dyeing.]
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1. The act or process of infecting.
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There was a strict order against coming to those pits, and that was only to prevent infection. De Foe.
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2. That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.
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And that which was still worse, they that did thus break out spread the infection further by their wandering about with the distemper upon them. De Foe.
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3. The state of being infected; the condition of suffering from an infectious disease; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
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The danger was really very great, the infection being so very violent in London. De Foe.
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4. That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.
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It was her chance to light
Amidst the gross infections of those times. Daniel.
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5. (Law) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.
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6. Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.
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Through all her train the soft infection ran. Pope.
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Mankind are gay or serious by infection. Rambler.

7. A localized area of tissue which is inflamed by growth of microorganisms; as, he has an infection in his finger.
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Syn. -- , . -- Infection is often used in a definite and limited sense of the transmission of affections without direct contact of individuals or immediate application or introduction of the morbific agent, in contradistinction to contagion, which then implies transmission by direct contact. Quain. See .
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Infectious (?), a. [Cf. F. infectieux.]
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1. Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious water; infectious vices.
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Where the infectious pestilence. Shak.
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2. Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing.
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It [the court] is necessary for the polishing of manners . . . but it is infectious even to the best morals to live always in it. Dryden.
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3. (Law) Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture.
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Contraband articles are said to be of an infectious nature. Kent.
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4. Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth.
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The laughter was so genuine as to be infectious. W. Black.

Syn. -- See .
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Infectious disease. (a) Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of microorganisms in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious. (b) Sometimes, as distinguished from contagious disease, such a disease communicated by germs carried in the air or water, and thus spread without contact with the patient, as measles.
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Infectiously, adv. In an infectious manner. Shak.
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Infectiousness, n. The quality of being infectious.
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Infective (?), a. [L. infectivus pertaining to dyeing.] Infectious. Beau. & Fl.
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True love . . . hath an infective power. Sir P. Sidney.
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Infecund (?), a. [L. infecundus: cf. F. infécond. See not, and .] Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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Infecundity (?), n. [L. infecunditas: cf. F. infécondité.] Lack of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness.
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Infecundous (?), a. [See .] Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive. [Obs.] Glanvill.
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Infeeble (?), v. t. See .
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Infelicitous (?), a. Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words.
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Infelicity (?), n.; pl. Infelicities (#). [L. infelicitas: cf. F. infélicité. See not, and .]
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1. The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; lack of suitableness or appropriateness. I. Watts.
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Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the present state, we were made wise and happy. Glanvill.
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2. That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.
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Infelonious (?), a. Not felonious, malignant, or criminal. G. Eliot.
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Infelt (?), a. [Pref. in- in + felt.] Felt inwardly; heartfelt. [R.]
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The baron stood afar off, or knelt in submissive, acknowledged, infelt inferiority. Milman.
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Infeodation (?), n. (Law) See .
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Infeoff (?), v. t. (Law) See .
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Infeoffment (?), n. (Law) See .
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Infer (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inferred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inferring.] [L. inferre to bring into, bring forward, occasion, infer; pref. in- in + ferre to carry, bring: cf. F. inférer. See 1 st .]
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1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] Harvey.
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2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.] Spenser.
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3. To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer. [Obs.]
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Full well hath Clifford played the orator,
Inferring arguments of mighty force. Shak.
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4. To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; as, I inferred his determination from his silence.
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To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition laid down as true, to draw in another as true. Locke.
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Such opportunities always infer obligations. Atterbury.
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5. To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.]
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The first part is not the proof of the second, but rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the first. Sir T. More.
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This doth infer the zeal I had to see him. Shak.
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