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Afflict

//əˈflɪkt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress. transitive

    "Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel."

  2. 2
    cause physical pain or suffering in wordnet
  3. 3
    To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result. obsolete

    "reassembling our afflicted powers"

  4. 4
    cause great unhappiness for; distress wordnet
  5. 5
    To make low or humble. obsolete

    "The Argument of mine afflicted stile"

Etymology

From Middle English afflicten (attested in past participle afflicte), from Latin afflictāre (“to damage, harass, torment”), frequentative of affligere (“to dash down, overthrow”).

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