Sekirov Dictionary

infest

/ɪnˈfɛst/

verb 2
adjective 1
noun 1
forms 6

verb2

•
To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.
- Insects are infesting my basement!
To invade a host plant or animal.

adjective1

•
(no longer used) Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
- He stayed not t’advize, which way were best His foe t’assayle, or how himselfe to gard, But with fierce fury and with force infest Upon him ran […] — 1596

noun1

(no longer used) Hostility.

forms

infested · infesting · infesteth · infests · more infest · most infest

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