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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; < Latin inflīctus past participle of inflīgere to strike or dash against, equivalent to in- in-2 + flīg- (stem of flīgere to beat down) + -tus past participle suffix
1520–30; < Latin inflīctus past participle of inflīgere to strike or dash against, equivalent to in- in-2 + flīg- (stem of flīgere to beat down) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
in·flict·a·ble, adjective
in·flict·er, in·flic·tor, noun
in·flic·tive, adjective
pre·in·flict, verb (used with object)
un·in·flict·ed, adjective
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Inflicted
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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