inficiate

发音

US /ɪnˈfɪʃiˌeɪt/
UK /ɪnˈfɪʃiˌeɪt/

词形变化

inficiated inficiates 三单 inficiates inficiating inficiating 现在分词 inficiated 过去式 inficiated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To render or demonstrate to be invalid; to invalidate or disprove.

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词源

Borrowed from Italian inficiare + English -ate (suffix forming verbs), from Medieval Latin īnficior, alteration of Classical Latin īnfitior (“to deny, contradict”), from *īnfitiae (“denial”) (see īnfitiās eō), from fateor (“to admit, acknowledge”). Presumably originally a mistranslation by Italian speakers; compare aprimorate (“to elevate, improve”), taken from Portuguese in a similar manner. Earlier mentions of the word in Randle Cotgrave and Henry Cockeram's Early Modern English dictionaries are likely unconnected to the modern borrowing from Italian.

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