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–verb (used with object)

1.	to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.

Obsolete.

a.	to overthrow; defeat.

b.	to humble.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME afflicten < L afflīctus distressed, ptp. of afflīgere to cast down (af- af- + flīg- knock + -tus ptp. suffix); r. ME aflight < MF aflit < L. See inflict

]

—Related forms

af·flict·ed·ness, noun

af·flict·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. vex, harass, torment, plague.

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tr.v. af·flict·ed, af·flict·ing, af·flicts
To inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on.

[Middle English afflighten, from afflight, disturbed, frightened, from Latin afflictum, past participle of afflīgere, to cast down : ad-, ad- + flīgere, to strike.]

af·flict'er n., af·flic'tive adj., af·flic'tive·ly adv.

Synonyms: These verbs mean to bring great harm or suffering to someone: afflicted with arthritis; was agonized to see her suffering; racked with cancer; tormented by migraine headaches; tortured by painful memories.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
afflict

1393, "to cast down," from O.Fr. afflicter, from L. afflictare "to damage, harass, torment," freq. of affligere (pp. afflictus) "to dash down, overthrow," from ad- "to" + fligere (pp. flictus) "to strike," from PIE base *bhlig- "to strike" (cf. Gk. phlibein "to press, crush," Czech blizna "scar," Welsh blif "catapult"). Transf. meaning of "trouble, distress," is first recorded 1535; affliction "grief, distress, misery" is recorded from 1485.

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afflict
verb
1.	cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
2.	cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"

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afflict [əˈflikt] verb

to give pain or distress to (a person etc)
Example: She is continually afflicted by/with headaches.

Arabic:	يُصِيب، يَبْتَلي
Chinese (Simplified):	使苦恼
Chinese (Traditional):	使苦惱
Czech:	trápit, sužovat, postihovat
Danish:	plage
Dutch:	kwellen
Estonian:	vaevama
Finnish:	vaivata
French:	affliger
German:	plagen, leiden
Greek:	βασανίζω
Hungarian:	kínoz
Icelandic:	þjá, hraka
Indonesian:	mendapat gangguan, menderita
Italian:	affliggere

Japanese:	苦しめる
Korean:	괴롭히다
Latvian:	mocīt; sagādāt ciešanas
Lithuanian:	kamuoti
Norwegian:	plage
Polish:	dotykać, zadawać ból
Portuguese (Brazil):	afligir
Portuguese (Portugal):	atormentar
Romanian:	a chinui
Russian:	причинять боль, страдание
Slovak:	trápiť, postihnúť
Slovenian:	mučiti
Spanish:	afligir
Swedish:	plåga, drabba
Turkish:	yakalanmak, tutulmak

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Afflict

Af*flict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Afflicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Afflicting.] [L. afflictus, p. p. of affigere to cast down, deject; ad + fligere to strike: cf. OF. aflit, afflict, p. p. Cf. Flagellate.]

1. To strike or cast down; to overthrow. [Obs.] "Reassembling our afflicted powers." --Milton.

2. To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment.

They did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. --Exod. i. 11.

That which was the worst now least afflicts me. --Milton.

3. To make low or humble. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth. --Jer. Taylor.

Syn: To trouble; grieve; pain; distress; harass; torment; wound; hurt.

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Afflict

Af*flict"\, p. p. & a. [L. afflictus, p. p.] Afflicted. [Obs.] --Becon.

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