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in⋅flict
[in-flikt]
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment. |
| 2. | to impose (anything unwelcome): The regime inflicted burdensome taxes on the people. |
| 3. | to deal or deliver, as a blow. |
Origin:
1520–30; < L inflīctus ptp. of inflīgere to strike or dash against, equiv. to in- in- 2 + flīg- (s. of flīgere to beat down) + -tus ptp. suffix
1520–30; < L inflīctus ptp. of inflīgere to strike or dash against, equiv. to in- in- 2 + flīg- (s. of flīgere to beat down) + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
in⋅flict⋅a⋅ble, adjective
in⋅flict⋅er, in⋅flic⋅tor, noun
in⋅flic⋅tive, adjective
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Inflict
In*flict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflicting.] [L. inflictus, p. p. of infligere to strike on, to inflict; pref. in- in, on + fligere to strike. Cf. Flail.] To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal. What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire disgrace? --Drygen. The persecution and the pain That man inflicts on infero-ior kinds. --Cowper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : inflict
Spanish:
infligir,
German:
aufbürden,
Japanese:
押しつける
inflict
1566, from L. inflictus, pp. of infligere "to strike or dash against," from in- "on, against" + fligere (pp. flictus) "to dash, strike" (see afflict). You inflict a plague on someone; you afflict someone with a plague.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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