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in·fest
(ĭn-fĕst′)tr.v. in·fest·ed, in·fest·ing, in·fests
1. To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious: rats infesting the sewers; streets that were infested with drugs.
2. To live as a parasite in or on: livestock that were infested with tapeworms.
[Middle English infesten, to distress, from Old French infester, from Latin īnfestāre, from īnfestus, hostile; see gwhedh- in Indo-European roots.]
in′fes·ta′tion n.
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infested
(ɪnˈfɛstɪd)adj
invaded by parasites
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infested
adjective overrun, plagued, crawling, swarming, ridden, alive, ravaged, lousy (slang), beset, pervaded, teeming The prison is infested with rats.
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[ˌɪnˈfɛstɪd] adj infested (with) → infestato/a (di or da)Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995