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afflict definition

af·flict (ə flikt′)

transitive verb

  1. to cause pain or suffering to; distress very much
  2. Obsolete to overthrow

Etymology: < L afflictare, to injure, vex < afflictus, pp. of affligere, to strike down < ad-, to + fligere: see inflict

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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