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infestive

infestive adjective: tending to infest; acting like an infection.

Adjective

infestive (comparative more infestive, superlative most infestive)

  1. Tending to infest; acting like an infection.

Forms of infestive

comparativemore infestive
superlativemost infestive

Origin of infestive

From infest + -ive.

Questions about infestive

What does infestive mean?
Infestive means tending to infest; acting like an infection.
What part of speech is infestive?
Infestive is an adjective.

Words near infestive in the dictionary

  1. infesteth
  2. infestin
  3. infesting
  4. infestins
  5. infestious
  6. infestive
  7. infestivity
  8. infestment
  9. infestments
  10. infests
  11. infestuous

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