| infect | (verb) contaminate with a disease or microorganism | Synonyms: taint |
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| (verb) communicate a disease to | - |
| (verb) affect in a contagious way | - |
| (verb) corrupt with ideas or an ideology | - |
| infer | (verb) reason by deduction; establish by deduction | Synonyms: deduce, deduct, derive |
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| (verb) believe to be the case | Synonyms: understand |
| (verb) guess correctly; solve by guessing | Synonyms: guess |
| (verb) conclude by reasoning; in logic | Synonyms: deduce |
| (verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: extrapolate, generalise, generalize |
| infest | (verb) invade in great numbers | Synonyms: overrun |
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| (verb) live on or in a host, as of parasites | - |
| (verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host | Synonyms: invade, overrun |