(a) To afflict (sb. or sth.) with disease, infect; disorder (the mind); also fig.; ppl. infect, diseased, infected, disordered; (b) to fill (air, water, a place) with infection or poison; render (sth.) pestilential or poisonous; also fig.

(a) To pollute (sth.), contaminate, make filthy; contaminate (land) with bad seed; also fig.; (b) to pollute (sb.) with stench; (c) to disturb or contaminate (the air or sky with sound, a name).

(a) To damage (sth.); of an astrological influence: be unfavorable; fig. injure (love), disfigure (speech); (b) to invalidate (sth.), cast suspicion upon, render suspect; (c) to deteriorate.

(a) Of sin, vice, heresy, falsehood, bribery, a wicked person, a lying tongue: to corrupt (sb., the heart, soul, a school, country); ppl. infect, corrupted, sinful, misguided; (b) to become sinful or corrupt.

(a) To color (sth.); (b) to darken (the moon).