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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. invade in great numbers;
- Example: "the roaches infested our kitchen"
[syn: infest, overrun]

2. occupy in large numbers or live on a host;
- Example: "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
[syn: invade, overrun, infest]

3. live on or in a host, as of parasites;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Infest \In*fest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infested; p. pr. & vb. n. Infesting.] [L. infestare, fr. infestus disturbed, hostile, troublesome; in in, against + the root of defendere: cf. F. infester. See Defend.] To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates. [1913 Webster] To poison vermin that infest his plants. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life. --Addison. [1913 Webster] And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Infest \In*fest"\, a. [L. infestus. See Infest, v. t.] Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

infest v 1: invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen" [syn: infest, overrun] 2: occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" [syn: invade, overrun, infest] 3: live on or in a host, as of parasites
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "infest": beset, crawl with, creep with, flood, infiltrate, inundate, invade, overrun, overspread, overswarm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, plague, ravage, swarm, swarm over, swarm with