besmetten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- infect verb To pass a disease-causing germ or virus into a person, animal, or plant.
Senses
besmetten is used for these senses in English:
- infect (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
infect — full definition
- verb To pass a disease-causing germ or virus into a person, animal, or plant.
- verb To spread a feeling or attitude to other people.