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infract

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin īnfringō, past participle īnfractus. See infringe.

Verb

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infract (third-person singular simple present infracts, present participle infracting, simple past and past participle infracted)

  1. (transitive) To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).
  2. (transitive) To break off.
    infracted rock
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Etymology 2

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From Latin īnfractus, from in- (not) + fractus (broken), past participle of fringō (break).

Adjective

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infract (not comparable)

  1. Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.
    • 1612, George Chapman, Petrarch's Seven Penitential Psalams:
      a mind infract

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