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inflictive, a.|ɪnˈflɪktɪv|
[f. L. type *inflictīv-us (cf. F. inflictif, -ive, Cotgr. 1611), f. ppl. stem of inflīg-ĕre: see -ive.]
Tending to inflict; pertaining to infliction.
1611Cotgr., Inflictif,..inflictiue, inflicting; or, of property to inflict. 1643Herle Answ. Ferne 36 Nor have they any inflictive power on his person. 1753Hervey Dial. I. 10 (Jod.) This will be still more inflictive to an ingenuous mind. 1779Whitehead Ode his Majesty's Birth-day, Like her own oak..Ev'n from the steel's inflictive sting, New force she gains. 1831Moore Poet. Wks. II. 339 Without the aid Of that inflictive process, tuning. |