Disinfect
Pronunciation : Dis`in*fect"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous. When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect. Ure.
t. [imp. & p. p. Disinfected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinfecting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913