Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices.
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of Catch
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of Catch
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Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.
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Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.
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Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.
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Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.
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of Contaminate
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of Contaminate
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of Corrupt
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of Corrupt
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of Infect
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of Infect
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Of the seventh degree or order.
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Of the seventh degree or order.
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Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.
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Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.
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The act or process of infecting.
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The act or process of infecting.
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The act or process of infecting.
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Infectious.
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