empest

English

Etymology

From em- +‎ pest.

Verb

empest (third-person singular simple present empests, present participle empesting, simple past and past participle empested)

  1. To infect
    • 1923, Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay:
      It is unfortunate that when two or three are gathered together in God's name... it is altogether deplorable that they should necessarily empest the air.
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