Inflict

v. t.

1.

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. [imp. & p. p. Inflicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflicting.] What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire disgrace? - Drygen. The persecution and the pain That man inflicts on all inferior kinds. - Cowper.

Verb

1.

inflict - impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" Synonyms: impose, bring down, visit

accomplish, achieve, administer, afflict, apply, bring, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, bring upon, burden with, charge, commit, demand, do, do to, effect, effectuate, enjoin, exact, expose, fasten upon, force, force upon, freight with, go and do, 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

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