inficiare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin īnficior, alteration of Classical Latin īnfitior (to deny, contradict), from *īnfitiae (denial) (see īnfitiās eō), from fateor (to admit, acknowledge).

Verb

inficiàre (first-person singular present infìcio, first-person singular past historic inficiài, past participle inficiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, law) to invalidate, reduce in validity or value

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: inficiate

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

īnficiāre

  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of īnficiō