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1. (v.t.) inflict
to impose as something that must be borne or suffered:
to inflict punishment.
2. inflict
to impose (anything unwelcome):
to inflict a long visit on someone.
3. inflict
to deal or deliver, as a blow.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L inflīctus, ptp. of inflīgere to strike or dash against =in-in -2+flīgere to beat down)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) inflict, bring down, visit, impose
impose something unpleasant
"The principal visited his rage on the students"
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1. (verb) inflict
to cause sb or sth to suffer
to inflict pain/damage/violence etc. on sb/sth
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) inflict
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
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Sense: (withon) to give or impose (something unpleasant and unwanted)
Was it necessary to inflict such a punishment on him?; She is always inflicting her company on me.
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 Afrikaans: toebring, oplê |
 Arabic: يَفْرِض، يُنْزِل |
 Bulgarian: налагам |
 Brazilian: infligir |
 Czech: udělit; vnucovat |
 German: aufbürden |
 Danish: påføre; tildele; volde |
 Greek: επιβάλλω |
 Spanish: infligir |
 Estonian: nuhtlema |
 Farsi: تحمیل کردن |
 Finnish: aiheuttaa |
 French: infliger (qqch.à qqn) |
 Hebrew: לִגרוֹם |
 Hindi: दंड देना |
 Croatian: nanijeti, zadati |
 Hungarian: kiró |
 Indonesian: membebankan |
 Icelandic: veita, valda |
 Italian: infliggere |
 Japanese: 押しつける |
 Korean: (타격, 고통 따위를) 가하다 |
 Lithuanian: paskirti, primesti |
 Latvian: uzlikt (sodu); uztiept; r |
 Malay: mengakibatkan |
 Dutch: opleggen |
 Norwegian: påføre, tildele, volde |
 Polish: nakładać, narzucać |
 Persian: تحمیل کردن |
 Pashto: تحمل کول |
 Portuguese: infligir |
 Romanian: a impune; a produce |
 Russian: налагать; навязывать(ся) |
 Slovak: uložiť; vnútiť sa (komu) |
 Slovenian: naložiti (kazen); vsiliti |
 Serbian: zadati |
 Swedish: pålägga, vålla, tillfoga, |
 Thai: สร้างความเจ็บปวด |
 Turkish: vermek, uğratmak |
 Taiwanese: 使承受 |
 Ukrainian: накладати; нав'язувати |
 Urdu: لگانا یا عائد کرنا |
 Vietnamese: bắt phải chịu |
 Chinese: 使遭受 |
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