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Meaning of infest in English
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈfɛst/
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Verb
infest
Etymology
late Middle English (in the sense ‘torment, harass’): from French infester or Latin infestare‘assail’, from infestus‘hostile’. The current sense dates from the mid 16th century
Definitions
1.
invade in great numbers
Examples
« the roaches infested our kitchen »
2.
occupy in large numbers or live on a host
Examples
« the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North »
3.
live on or in a host, as of parasites