afflict
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afflict
- /əˈflɪkt/
Rhymes with -ɪkt
Where it comes from
From Middle English afflicten (attested in past participle afflicte), from Latin afflīctō (“to damage, harass, torment”), from ad- + flīctus, past participle of afflīgō (“strike, beat”), from ad- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence af-).
verb afflicts · afflicting · afflicted
- To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress. 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.
- To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result. reassembling our afflicted powers
- To make low or humble. The Argument of mine afflicted stile
