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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Infective, adj. Also: infeccatife. [e.m.E. (1398). L. infectīvus.] Infectious. —1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 227.
This schamefull play … contagius and infective1555 Stirling B. Rec. I. 64.
Twa hors that hes stranglon that ar infeccatife1587-99 Hume ii. 111.
Why thik infectiue mists sa marke oreheills the earth and air 1622 Reg. Privy C. XIII. 28.
The abuse of the infective weede callit tobacco 1661 Ib. 3 Ser. I. 83.
The new whyte plague … being verie infective and mortall
