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#: {{ux|en|They '''inflicted''' terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.}} |
#: {{ux|en|They '''inflicted''' terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.}} |
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#* {{RQ:Josephus|volume=VI|book=IX|chapter=VIII|para=1|page=87|passage=Now [[w:Hazael|Azaēlos]], the king of Syria, made war on the Israelites and their king [[Jehu]], and ravaged the eastern parts of the country across the Jordan {{...}} spreading fire everywhere and plundering everything and '''inflicting''' violence on all who fell into his hands.}} |
#* {{RQ:Josephus|volume=VI|book=IX|chapter=VIII|para=1|page=87|passage=Now [[w:Hazael|Azaēlos]], the king of Syria, made war on the Israelites and their king [[Jehu]], and ravaged the eastern parts of the country across the Jordan {{...}} spreading fire everywhere and plundering everything and '''inflicting''' violence on all who fell into his hands.}} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|date=15 June 2011|isbn=9780857002242|title=Working with Suicidal Individuals: A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support|publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers|author=Tony White|page=87|url=https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=p_ZvK-DBYfIC|passage=This allowed me to continue '''inflicting''' this injury on myself long after I otherwise could have beared, I think.}} |
#* {{quote-book|en|date=15 June 2011|isbn=9780857002242|title=Working with Suicidal Individuals: A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support|publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers|author=Tony White|page=87|url=https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=p_ZvK-DBYfIC|passage=This allowed me to continue '''inflicting''' this injury on myself long after I otherwise could have beared{{sic}}, I think.}} |
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Revision as of 21:03, 13 April 2021
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnflīctus, past participle of īnflīgō, from in- + flīgō (“strike”).
Pronunciation
Verb
inflict (third-person singular simple present inflicts, present participle inflicting, simple past and past participle inflicted)
- To thrust upon; to impose.
- They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.
- 1937, Josephus, Ralph Marcus, transl., chapter VIII, in Josephus: With an English Translation (Loeb Classical Library), volume VI (Jewish Antiquities), London: William Heinemann Ltd.; Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, published 1958, →OCLC, book IX, paragraph 1, page 87:
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Translations
thrust upon, impose
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