Definition of Infesting

1. Verb. (present participle of infest) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Infesting

1. infest [v] - See also: infest

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infesting

infers
infertile
infertile male syndrome
infertilely
infertilities
infest
infestant
infestants
infestation
infestations
infested
infester
infesters
infesteth
infesting (current term)
infestive
infestivity
infests
infestuous
infeudate
infeudated
infeudates
infeudating
infeudation
infeudations
infibulate
infibulations
inficete

Literary usage of Infesting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report by Oklahoma Adjutant-general's office (1859)
"INSECTS infesting EVERGREEN FOREST TREES, The pines, firs and other evergreen trees forming the natural order Conifera, constitute a very distinct group ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1895)
"PLANT LICE infesting GRASS ROOTS. HERBERT OSBORN AND FA SIRRINE. ... infesting roots of annual grasses was identical with the "Dogwood plant louse" ..."

3. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1921)
"While the names of these various insects infesting the strawberry roots may at first appear confusing, the injury each does and the appearance of the larvae ..."

4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Board of Horticulture (1882)
"By far the most injurious scale pest infesting our orchard trees and fruit is the new species of Aspidiotus, which, so far as known, originated in San Jose, ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"Small infesting Fig. 49. Condition existing ten years after seeming rupture of the transverse mesocolon. Same case as Fig. 48. The colon becomes heavier and ..."

6. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1836)
"... infesting the muscles of the human body ; with some observations on a similar animal found beneath the intestinal mucous membrane of the horse. ..."

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