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Inflict Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Inflict? [v] impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Inflict: bring down \| impose \| visit Related Terms \| Find terms related to Inflict: accomplish \| achieve \| administer \| afflict \| apply \| bring \| bring about \| bring off \| bring to pass \| bring upon \| burden with \| charge \| commit \| deal \| deliver \| demand \| do \| do to \| effect \| effectuate \| enjoin \| exact \| expose \| fasten upon \| force \| force upon \| freight with \| give \| go and do \| impose \| impose on \| impose upon \| inflict on \| inflict upon \| lay \| lay on \| levy \| make \| pay \| perpetrate \| place \| produce \| pull off \| put \| put down \| put on \| put upon \| realize \| render \| saddle with \| set \| strike \| subject \| subject to \| take and do \| task \| tax \| trouble \| up and do \| visit \| visit upon \| weight down with \| wreak \| wreck \| yoke with See Also \| clamp \| dictate \| foist \| give \| intrude \| obtrude \| order \| prescribe Inflict In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Inflict Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inflict?

[v] impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inflict: bring down | impose | visit

Inflict In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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