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infests
We have found lemma(root) word of infests : 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)
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Origin
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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
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