INFECTIVE - Definition

Pronunciation:		in'fektiv
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria" [adj] caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"

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	Synonyms:	infectious, morbific, pathogenic, septic, unhealthful


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\In*fect"ive\, a. [L. infectivus pertaining to dyeing.] Infectious. --Beau. & Fl. True love . . . hath an infective power. --Sir P. Sidney.