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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.
2.
Obsolete.
a.
to overthrow; defeat.
b.
to humble.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English afflicten < Latin afflīctus distressed, past participle of afflīgere to cast down (af- af- + flīg- knock + -tus past participle suffix); replacing Middle English aflight < Middle French aflit < L. See inflict
1350–1400; Middle English afflicten < Latin afflīctus distressed, past participle of afflīgere to cast down (af- af- + flīg- knock + -tus past participle suffix); replacing Middle English aflight < Middle French aflit < L. See inflict
Related forms
af·flict·ed·ness, noun
af·flict·er, noun
o·ver·af·flict, verb (used with object)
pre·af·flict, verb (used with object)
self-af·flict·ing, adjective
EXPANDun·af·flict·ed, adjective
un·af·flict·ed·ly, adverb
un·af·flict·ed·ness, noun
un·af·flict·ing, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. vex, harass, torment, plague.
1. vex, harass, torment, plague.
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- Healing the afflicted is not merely a matter of compassion.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
afflict
late 14c., "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,"
EXPANDWelsh blif "catapult"). Transf. meaning of "trouble, distress," is first recorded 1530s.
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