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   afflict

   /əˈflɪkt/

   verb

   • 1. (of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely: "his younger child was afflicted with a skin disease"
   • ▪ (of a celestial body) be in a stressful aspect with (another celestial body or a point on the ecliptic): "Jupiter is afflicted by Mars in opposition"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘deject, humiliate’): from Latin afflictare ‘knock about, harass’, or from afflict- ‘knocked down, weakened’: both from the verb affligere, from ad- ‘to’ + fligere ‘to strike, dash’.

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   What is the difference between afflict and inflict?

   • Both afflict and inflict cause pain, but afflict means to cause suffering or unhappiness, something a disease does, but inflict means to force pain or suffering, like if you smack someone upside the head. To afflict is to cause suffering, pain, or misery. It’s often associated with medical conditions.

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   What does afflict mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! AFFLICT definition: 1. If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they or it suffer from it: 2. If a problem…. Learn more.

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   What does afflihten mean?

   • Middle English afflihten "to excite, become distressed," probably verbal derivative of affliht, aflyght "disturbed, upset," borrowed from Latin afflīctus, past participle of afflīgere "to knock or strike down, ruin, distress severely," from ad- ad- + flīgere "to strike down" — more at profligate entry 1

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   What does afflict mean in Hamlet?

   • We get afflict from the Latin word affligere, meaning “to strike down,” which is an old fashioned way of saying to get sick, or to have a condition of some kind. You could argue that chronic indecision was the main problem to afflict Hamlet, or that saying "um," "like," and "you know" are speech tics that afflict teens. "Afflict."

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   Afflict means to make someone or something suffer physically or mentally. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see synonyms and antonyms, and hear the pronunciation.

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     AFFLICT meaning: 1. If a problem or illness afflicts a...

   • Znaczenie Afflict, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     afflict definicja: 1. If a problem or illness afflicts a...

   • Afflict: Indonesian Translation

     afflict translate: menderita. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Afflict: Czech Translation

     afflict - translate into Czech with the English-Czech...

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     AFFLICT translate: 使痛苦;使苦惱;折磨. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Afflict: French Translation

     AFFLICT translate: affliger. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Afflict: German Translation

     afflict translate: plagen, leiden. Learn more in the...

   • Afflict in Spanish

     AFFLICT translate: aquejar, afectar, afligir, afligir. Learn...

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   Afflict means to cause pain or suffering to someone or something. Learn the synonyms, examples, history, and usage of this verb from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Afflict means to cause suffering or unhappiness to, or to distress greatly. It comes from Latin afflīgere, meaning to knock down or strike. See synonyms, derived forms, and example sentences of afflict.

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   Afflict means to cause suffering or unhappiness to, or to distress very much. It can also mean to overthrow or humble someone. See the word origin, pronunciation, and usage examples of afflict in British and American English.

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   verb. /əˈflɪkt/ [often passive] (formal) Verb Forms. to affect somebody/something in an unpleasant or harmful way. afflict somebody/something Severe drought has afflicted the region. the many problems that afflict our society. Aid will be sent to the afflicted areas.

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   Afflict means to make someone or something suffer physically or mentally. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see synonyms and antonyms, and find translations in other languages.

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   To afflict is to cause suffering, pain, or misery. It’s often associated with medical conditions. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is most likely to afflict someone who spends many hours every day typing on our computers.