infract
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɹækt/
Etymology 1
Latin īnfringō, past participle īnfractus. See infringe.
Verb
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
Related terms
- infraction
See also
- infarct
Etymology 2
Latin īnfractus, from in- (“not”) + fractus (“broken”), past participle of fringō (“break”).
Adjective
infract (not comparable)
- Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.
- 1612, George Chapman, Petrarch's Seven Penitential Psalams
- a mind infract
- 1612, George Chapman, Petrarch's Seven Penitential Psalams
Anagrams
- frantic, infarct