- 1. v. t. 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. Source: opted
- 2. v. impose something unpleasant Source: wordnet
- 3. 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. Source: webster
- 4. 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; toinflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on anoffender; 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. Source: adambom
- 5. v:100 v. impose something unpleasant Source: ecdict
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