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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inflict v : impose something unpleasant: "The principal visited his rage on the students" [syn: {bring down}, {visit}, {impose}]
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