Meaning

1 senses

  1. (nonstandard, rare)To send or infect an electronic device with a computer virus.

    I'm just going to virus anyone who tries cheating on this game.

Origin

From Middle English virus, from Latin vīrus (“poison, slime, venom”), via rhotacism from P

From Middle English virus, from Latin vīrus (“poison, slime, venom”), via rhotacism from Proto-Italic *weizos, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“fluidity, slime, poison”). First use in the computer context by David Gerrold in his 1972 book When HARLIE Was One.

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Forms

viruses, virusing, virused, virused

regular · Lesson

Base formvirus · to virus
3rd person singularviruses
Present participlevirusing
Past simplevirused
Past participlevirused

Tenses

virus · virused · will virus · have virused

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyvirus
he, she, itviruses

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave virused
he, she, ithas virused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill virus

Past simpleLesson

all personsvirused

Word family

1 related words
Relatedprion

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
virtuosoC2virtuousvirulentvisaB1visagevisceral

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