infantry 
serving on foot, n H ilisiin.u'itislicil from caval- 
ry; that part of a military establishment using 
small-arms, and equipped for marching and 
fighting on foot, constituting the oldest of the 
arms" into which armies are conventionally 
divided: as, a company, regiment, or brigade 
nf infiiiili-i/. Abbreviated inf. 
rlavThiMiso, . . . leading them | his cavalry] in squad- 
rons throuKh tin 1 intervals anil round the flanks of the 
royal infantry, formed them In lini- im tin: nuior. 
Hi-<>tt, (Ilil Mortality, xix. 
As soon as mimntril infantry hcgins to attempt ma- 
nanivres on horseback, It necessarily becomes a very infe- 
i lur cavalry. Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 359. 
2. [As if directly < infant, n., 1, + -ry.'} In- 
fants in general; an assemblage of children. 
[Humorous.] 
There's a schoolmaster 
Hangs all his school with his sharp sentences, 
And o'er the execution place hath painted 
Time whlpt, as terror to the infanirii. 
K. Jonson, Masques, Time Vindicated. 
infantryman (in'fan-tri-man), . ; pi. infantry- 
mi-n (-men). A foot-soldier. 
To re-enforce his own small body of cavalry with picked 
infantrymen. Trans. Amer. Philol. Ass., xv. 63. 
infarcet (in-fiirs'), c. t. Same as enforce. 
By fury changed into a horrible figure, his face infarceit 
with rancour. Sir T. Elyot, The (Jovernour, fol. 99 b. 
My facts [deeds] infant my life with many a flaw. 
Mir. for Hags., p. 145. 
Betweene which . . . they are rather infarced . . . than 
otherwise laid and reared orderly. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxxv. la. 
infarct (in-fiirkt'), H. [< L. *lnfaretiis, prop. i- 
fartus or infartttis, pp. of infarcire, stuffed : see 
enforce.} In r>athol., that which stuffs; the sub- 
stance of an infarction. 
A hemorrhaglc infarct Is a firm, red, usually wedge- 
shaped patch, which is found in certain organs as the ef- 
fect of arterial embolism. Quoin, Med. Diet., p. 434. 
infarcted (in-fark'ted), a. [< LL. 'infarctus, 
pp. (see infarct), + -cd?.] Characterized by in- 
farction; stuffed; obstructed. 
Sclerosis of the cortex In infantile syphilis . . . may 
possibly be sometimes primary, although generally it is 
the result of inflammation in infarcted areas. 
The Lancet, So. 3411, p. 64. 
infarction (in-fiirk'shon), . [< infarct + -ion.] 
The act of stuffing or' filling; the condition of 
being stuffed ; the substance with which some- 
thing is stuffed or filled. Formerly applied In pathol- 
ogy to a variety of morbid local conditions; now usually 
restricted to certain conditions caused by a local fault in 
the circulation. 
An hypochondriack consumption is occasioned by an 
infarction and obstruction of the spleen. Hartley. 
The congestion and infarction following embolism are 
produced by an afflux of arterial blood into the territory 
from collateral channels. (juain, Med. Diet. 
Just as a capsule forms around any foreign body, as 
around a bullet or an old infarction. 
Duck's Handbook of Med. Seirnea, III. 413. 
EmboliC infarction, the morbid condition In the area 
of distribution of an end-artery after It is obstructed as by 
au embolns. This may be red by reflux engorgement of 
its vessels and hemorrhage into the tissues (heinorrhagic 
"/.Mrc(i'on), or this engorgement may be wanting and the 
color of the necrosed tissue may be light (white infarc- 
'<'"/*). Tlio term hemorrhagic infarctionis sometimes ap- 
plied to simple hemorrhage Into the tissues. 
infare (in-far'), r. '. ; pret. and pp. infared, 
ppr. iiifnriiii/. [< ME. iufaren, < AS. infant n 
(= OFries. infara = D. invarcn = MLG. 'ti- 
nti-en = G. einfahren), < in, in, + faran, fare, 
go: seo/arfi.] To go in; enter. [Local, Eng.j 
infare (in'far), . [< ME. infarc, < AS. inforu, 
a going in, invasion, infivr, entrance, < infaran, 
p> in: see infare, v.] 1. An entertainment 
given to friends upon newly entering a house; 
a housewarming. Jamicson, 
And quhen the houssis biggit wer. 
He gert purway him rycht weill thar; 
Kor he thouc.ht to mak an infar, 
And to mak guil cher till his men. 
Barbour, The Bruce, xvi. 340 (MS. X 
2. A wedding reception; the housewarming 
entertainment given by a newly married couple. 
[Prov. Eng., Scotch, and U. S.] 
Infare (groom's wedding dinner). 
Tram. Amer. rhilol. Ass., XVII. 4a 
There could be no wedding in a Hoosler village thirty 
or forty years ago without an in/are on the following day. 
In those days Hi,/ faring into the house of the bridegroom's 
I'arcuM :ii uiiscrvcd with great rejoicing. 
E. Kfjt/leiton, Roxy, xxix. 
Also hit'tiir. 
infashioriablet (in-fash'gn-a-bi), (i. [< iw-a + 
fothionable.] Unfashionable. 
infatigablet (in-fat 'i-ga-bl), . [= F. inf,ili ; /<i- 
lili = Sp. iiifafitiahle = Pg. i/ifii/ii/iini = It. 
iiifatirahilt; iiifiitiiinhilr, < L. iiifatijialiilix, that 
cannot be wearied, < in- priv. '+ (LL.) fatii/a- 
hili.1, tliat may bo worried: *pffntiiinl>lr.~\ Indc- 
fii livable. 
Th' infaligalile hand that never ceas'd. 
Daniel, Civil Wars, vi 
infatuate (in-fat'u-at), v. t. ; pret. and pp. in- 
fatuated, ppr. injiititaliiifl. [< L. infatiiatux, pp. 
of iufntuarc (> It. infatuare = Sp. Pg. infatuar 
= F. iiifiitui-r), make a fool of, ( in, in, + fatu- 
U8, foolish : see fa titoun. ] 1 f. To make foolish ; 
reduce to foolishness, or show the foolishness of. 
God hath infatuated your high subtle wisdom. 
Tyndalc, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Hoc. , 1850X p. 284. 
We are furnished with answer enough to infatuate this 
pretence for lay-elders. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 249. 
Almighty God . . . infatuated his [Shaftesbury s| coun- 
sels, and made him slip his opportunity. 
Dryden, Post, to Hint, of League. 
2. To affect with folly; inspire with an ex- 
travagant or foolish passion beyond the con- 
trol of reason; excite to extravagant feeling 
or action: as, to be infatuated with pride, or 
with a woman. 
Certainly then that people must needs be mad or strange- 
ly infatuated that build the chief hope of thlr common 
happiness or safety on a single Person. 
Milton, Free Commonwealth. 
Snch is the bewitching nature of spiritual Pride and 
Hypocrtsie that it infatuates the minds of Men to their 
ruin. Stillingfleet, Sermons, I. viil. 
Some the style [of a book) 
Infatuates, and through labyrinths and wilds 
Of error leads them, by a tune entranc'd. 
Cmrper, Task, vl. 103. 
infatuate (in-fat'u-at), a. [< L. infatuates, pp. : 
see the verb.] Infatuated. 
There was never wicked man that was not infatuate. 
Bp. Hall, Asa. 
infatuated (in-fat'u-a-ted), p. a. Manifesting 
extravagant folly; caused by infatuation: as, 
an infatuated passion for cards. =Syn. Abmnl, 
Silly, Foolinh, etc. (see abturd) ; deluded, doting. See also 
list under foolish. 
infatuation (in-fat-u-a'shpn), n. [= F. infatu- 
ation = Sp. infatuation = "Pg. infatuafSo, t LL. 
infatuatio(n-), < L. infatuare, infatuate: see in- 
fatuate.'] The act of infatuating, or the state 
of being infatuated; extravagant folly; fatu- 
ous devotion or passion : as, infatuation for an 
unworthy object. 
Such Is the infatuation of self-love, that, though in the 
general doctrine of the vanity of the world all men agree, 
yet almost every one flatters himself that his own case is 
to be an exception from the common rule. 
//. Blair, Works, II. vii. 
The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of 
mankind are amazing : but the infatuations of the learned 
and sophistical are incomparably more so. Is.'Taylor. 
infaust (in-fast'), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. infauxto, < 
L. iiifaustux, unfortunate, unpropitious, < in-, 
not, + fauntitx, propitious.] Unlucky; unfor- 
txinate; inauspicious. [Rare.] 
It was an infaimt and sinister augury for Austin Caxton. 
Bultcer, The Caxtons, vil. 1. 
Taurus, . . . whose infaust aspect may be supposed to 
preside over the makers of bulls and blunders. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 303. 
infaustingt (in-fas'ting), . [< infaust + -ing 1 .'] 
Unluckiness ; ill fortune. 
Hee did with all bring a kind of malediction and I'H- 
fatisting upon the marriage as an ill prognostlcke. 
Bacon, Hist Hen. VII., p. 198. 
infeasibility (in-fe-7.i-bil'i-ti), H. [< infeasible: 
see -bility.] The condition or quality of being 
iufeasible ; impracticability. 
The infearibilitij of the thing they petitioned for to be 
done with justice gave the denyall to their petition. 
Fuller, Ch. Hist, III. T. 42. 
infeasible (in-fe'zi-bl), a. [< iw-3 + f,ntiibie.] 
Not feasible; incapable of accomplishment; 
impracticable. 
It was a conviction of the king's incorrigible and infat- 
uated adherence to designs which the rising spirit of the 
nation rendered utterly infeasible. Ilallam. 
infeasibleness (in-fe'zi-bl-nes), . Infeasi- 
bility. 
Presently then. In conformltie to this order, he began 
the work : and being disabus'd In point of the inf ratable- 
ness, pursu'd his task, and perfected It in less time than he 
had before lost in sleeping. 
IT. Montague, Devoute Essays, II. vl. % 3. 
infect uu-fekt'), r. t. [< ME. infcctcn, enfecten, 
< OF. infecter, P. infecter = Sp. Pg. infeetar = 
It. infettare, infect, < L. infectus, pp. of inficcrr, 
put in, dip in, dye, mix, spoil, infect, < in, in, 
+ faccre, do, make : see fact. Cf. affect, con- 
feet, etc.] 1. To affect as with something in- 
fused or instilled; imbue; impregnate; per- 
meate : used especially of that which is bad or 
hurtful, but sometimes also of that which is 
good or indifferent. 
infection 
He (a dead dragon) Enf'tte the fflrmament with his felle 
noise [offensive savor). 
llettruetion nf Troy (E. E. T. S-X 1. 980. 
One droppc of poyson infecteth the whole tiinne of Wine ; 
one leafe of I'olloqulntida marreth and spoyleth the whole 
pot of porredge. Lyly, Euphues (1MT9X p. 3. 
Breathing ... a holy vow 
Never to taste the pleasures of the world, 
Never to be infected with delight 
Mult., K. John, IT. ::. 
Men have used to infect their meditations, opinions, and 
doctrines with some conceits which they have most ad- 
mil' I. Bacon, Advancement of Learning,!. 50. 
Our sweating hinds their salads now defile, 
Infectiny homely herbs with fragrant oil. 
Dryden, tr. of 1'ersius s Satires, vl. 91. 
I had been reading Flchte, and Emerson, and Carlyle, and 
had been infected by the spirit of these great men. 
TyndaU, Pop. Set Mo., XXVI. 334. 
Specifically 2. To taint with disease or the 
seeds of disease, either physical or moral: as, 
to infect a person with smallpox; literature i- 
fected with immorality. 
Infected be the air whereon they ride. 
Shale., Macbeth, IT. 1. 
Till I [Sin] in man residing, through the race, 
His thoughts, his looks, words, actions, all infect. 
Milton, P. L, x. 608. 
But vice and misery now demand the song, 
And turn our view from dwellings simply neat 
To this infected row we term our street 
Crabbe, Works, L 4-2. 
3. In law, to taint or contaminate with illegal- 
ity, or expose to penalty, seizure, or forfeiture. 
= Syn, To poison, pollute, d'eflle. 
infectt (in-fekf), . [< ME. infect, enfectc, < 
OF. infect, < L. infectus, pp.: see the verb.] 1. 
Infected; tainted; affected unfavorably. 
A grete laboure Is to correcte 
A molde In this manor that is enfeete. 
Palladium Husbondrle (E. E. T. S.), p. 11. 
Beware of subtle craft and guyle, therewith be not inf. -ft 
Babef Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 9. 
And in the imitation of these twain . . . many are in- 
fect. Shot., T. and C., L S. 
2. Contaminated with illegality; having a flaw 
in the title. 
Al was fee symple to him In etfecte, 
His purchasyng mlghte nought ben enfeete Ivar. supect\. 
Chaucer, Gen. ProL to C. T., I. 320. 
3. Marred ; discolored ; darkened. 
The homes of the fnlle moene waxen pale and infect by 
the boundes of the derke nyght. 
Chaucer, Boethlus, iv. meter :>. 
infectedness (in-fek'ted-nes), n. The fact or 
state of being infected. 
The infeftetlneniot the patient is first made known to the 
observer by ... general pyrexia. ',>"" ' , Med. Diet 
infecter (iu-fek'ter), H. One who or that which 
infects, 
infectible (in-fek'ti-bl), a. [< infect + -Me.} 
Capable of being infected. 
Such was the purity and perfection of this thy glorious 
guest (Christ) that it was not possibly infectible, nor any 
way obnoxious to the danger of others' sin. 
/>'/'. Hull, Contemplations. 
infection (in-fek'shou), H. [= F. infection = 
infect: see i nfcct.'] 1. The act of infecting, (a) 
Communication of some quality, property, or state, whe- 
ther good or bad, by contact, diffusive or emanative Influ- 
ence, example, etc. ; more especially, the communication 
of some taint, or noxious or pernicious quality 6t element, 
etc.; contamination; taint. 
There, while her tears deplor'd the godlike man 
Through all her train the soft infection ran ; 
The pious maids their mingled sorrows slii.il, 
And mourn the living Hector, as the dead. 
Pope, Iliad, vi. 645. 
Mankind are gay or serious by infection. 
Johnson, Rambler. 
(b) The communication of disease or of disease-germs, 
whether by contact with a diseased person or with mor- 
bid or noxious matter, contaminated clothing, etc., or by 
poisonous exhalations from any source. Compare conta- 
ffion, 1. 
There was a strict order against coming to those pits, 
and that was only to prevent infection. De JW. 
(r) Contamination by illegality, as In possessing contra- 
band goods, etc. 
In 1744, under Louis XV., a regulation freed neutral 
ships from the infection of the hostile cargo, but the same 
enactment ordained that neutral goods, the growth or fab- 
ric of enemies, should be confiscated. 
Wootiey, Introd. to Inter. Law, { 174. 
2. That which infects, or by which some qual- 
ity or state is communicated, (a) That which 
taints, poisons, or corrupts by communication from one 
to another: contaminating influence: as, the infection of 
error, or of an evil example. 
It was her [Queen Margaret's] chance to light 
Amidst the gross infection of those times. 
Daniel, Civil Wars, v. 
