infested

We have found lemma(root) word of infested : infest.

Definitions


[ɪnˈfɛst], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of insects or animals) be present (in a place or site) in large numbers, typically so as to cause damage or disease
(e.g: the house is infested with cockroaches)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘torment, harass’): from French infester or Latin infestare ‘assail’, from infestus ‘hostile’. The current sense dates from the mid 16th century




definition by Oxford Dictionaries