infract
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Latin īnfringō, past participle īnfractus. See infringe.
Verb edit
infract (third-person singular simple present infracts, present participle infracting, simple past and past participle infracted)
- (transitive) To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).
- (transitive) To break off.
- infracted rock
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Etymology 2 edit
Latin īnfractus, from in- (“not”) + fractus (“broken”), past participle of fringō (“break”).
Adjective edit
infract (not comparable)
- Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.
- 1612, George Chapman, Petrarch's Seven Penitential Psalams:
- a mind infract