transitive verb
Origin: Fr infester < L infestare, to attack, trouble < infestus, hostile < in-, in + IE base *dhers-, to be bold, attack > dare
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transitive verb in·fest·ed, in·fest·ing, in·fests
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Origin: Middle English infesten, to distress
Origin: , from Old French infester
Origin: , from Latin īnfestāre
Origin: , from īnfestus, hostile; see gwhedh- in Indo-European roots
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