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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Inflict \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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire
           disgrace?                                --Drygen.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The persecution and the pain
           That man inflicts on all inferior kinds. --Cowper.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Inflict \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  inflict
       v : impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage
           on the students" [syn: bring down, visit, impose]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inflict
     Αγγλικά vb.
     επιβάλλω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inflict
     vb.
     To thrust upon; to impose.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  inflict
     vb.
     To thrust upon; to impose.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  inflict
     vb.
     To thrust upon; to impose.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  inflict
     vb.
     To thrust upon; to impose.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inflict
     Englanti vb.
     1 aiheuttaa
     2 langettaa (''rangaistus'')

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Inflict /ɪnflˈɪkt/
  أوقع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  inflict //ɪnˈflɪkt// 
  налагам, причинявам
  thrust upon, impose

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inflict /ɪnflˈɪkt/ 
  způsobit

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  inflict //ɪnˈflɪkt// 
  aiheuttaa, tuottaa
  thrust upon, impose

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  inflict /ɪnflˈɪkt/ 
  1. दंड~देना
        "The theif inflicted injury on his arm with a knife."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  inflict /ɪnflˈɪkt/
  nametnuti, nanijeti, zadati

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  inflict /ɪnˈflɪkt/ 
    wymierzać, narzucać (sth on sb - coś komuś)  (sth upon sb - coś komuś)

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  inflict /ɪnflˈɪkt/
  1. vermek (ağn, acı, ceza) inflict a punishment on a person birini cezaya çarptırmak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌɪnˈfɫɪkt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 施以,加害,科以;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 施以,加害,科以,使承受

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