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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Afflicting \Af*flict"ing\, a.
Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as an
afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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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