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)

1. (transitive) To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).
2. (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)

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

     a mind infract

Anagrams

• frantic, infarct