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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Infest

/ĭnˌ-fĕst'/ · In·fest · IPA /ɪnˈfɛst/
01 a. Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
  1. 1.
    Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.[Obs.]
02 v. t. To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs an…
imp. & p. p. Infested; p. pr. & vb. n. Infesting
  1. 1.
    To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.
    “To poison vermin that infest his plants.” — Cowper.
    “These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.” — Addison.
    “And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.” — Longfellow.