Hypertext Webster Gateway: "afflict"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Afflict \Af*flict"\, p. p. & a. [L. afflictus, p. p.]
Afflicted. [Obs.] --Becon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Afflict \Af*flict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Afflicted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Afflicting}.] [L. afflictus, p. p. of affigere to
cast down, deject; ad + fligere to strike: cf. OF. aflit,
afflict, p. p. Cf. {Flagellate}.]
1. To strike or cast down; to overthrow. [Obs.]
``Reassembling our afflicted powers.'' --Milton.

2. To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing
continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously;
to torment.

They did set over them taskmasters to afflict them
with their burdens. --Exod. i. 11.

That which was the worst now least afflicts me.
--Milton.

3. To make low or humble. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an
afflicted truth. --Jer. Taylor.

Syn: To trouble; grieve; pain; distress; harass; torment;
wound; hurt.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

afflict
v 1: cause great unhappiness for
2: cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That
debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used
in advertisement" [syn: {smite}]
3: cause bodily suffering to [syn: {trouble}, {ail}, {pain}]


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