Such is the infatuation of self- love.
Blair.
In*faust" (?), a. [L. infaustus; pref. in- not + faustus fortunate,
lucky.] Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister. [R.] Ld.
Lytton.
In*faust"ing (?), n. The act of making unlucky; misfortune; bad luck.
[Obs.] Bacon.
In*fea`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state of being infeasible;
impracticability.
In*fea"si*ble (?), a. Not capable of being done or accomplished;
impracticable. Glanvill.
In*fea"si*ble*ness, n. The state of quality of being infeasible;
infeasibility. W. Montagu.
In*fect" (?), a. [L. infectus: cf. F. infect. See Infect, v. t.]
Infected. Cf. Enfect. [Obs.] Shak.
In*fect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infected; p. pr. & vb. n. Infecting.] [L.
infectus, p. p. of inficere to put or dip into, to stain, infect; pref.
in- in + facere to make; cf. F. infecter. See Fact.]
1. To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance
or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to
infect an apartment.
2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as,
infected with the plague.
Them that were left alive being infected with this disease.
Sir T. North.
3. To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad
qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of
anything noxious or pernicious. Cowper.
Infected Ston's daughters with like heat.
Milton.