inficiate

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ĭnfĭsh′iāt′, IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɪʃiˌeɪt/ Hyphenation: in‧fi‧ci‧ate === Verb === inficiate (third-person singular simple present inficiates, present participle inficiating, simple past and past participle inficiated) (transitive, especially non-native speakers' English) To render or demonstrate to be invalid; to invalidate or disprove. Synonyms: invalidate, disprove ==== Usage notes ==== The term is primarily used by Italian speakers. ==== Translations ==== === References === == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== inficiate inflection of inficiare: second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== inficiate f pl feminine plural of inficiato