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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To live on or in (a host) as a parasite.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In zoöl, to infest or make a host of (another animal), as a parasite.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To live on or in a host organism as a parasite.

Etymologies

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parasite +‎ -ize

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