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Webster 1913 Edition
Inflict
In-flict′
,Verb.
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
That man
inflicts
on all inferior kinds. Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inflict
INFLICT'
,Verb.
T.
To lay on; to throw or send on; to apply; as, to inflict pain or disgrace; to inflict punishment on an offender.
To inflict an office, condition, knowledge, tenderness, &c. on one, as used by Chesterfield, is not an authorized use of the word.
Definition 2024
inflict
inflict
English
Verb
inflict (third-person singular simple present inflicts, present participle inflicting, simple past and past participle inflicted)
Translations
thrust upon, impose