reinflictv.
/ˌriːɪnˈflɪkt/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈflɪk(t)/ transitive. To inflict again.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > inflict (adversity) on or upon > again
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the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > cause mental pain or suffering to [verb (transitive)] > inflict > again
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1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. ii. §10 When a man..reinflicts his miseries upon himself by a grating reflection on his own madness.
1848 Times 8 Jan. 3/6 The writer is a veteran traveller, he has seen many countries, and has acquired a happy indifference to all the minor miseries that afflict some voyagers, and which, if they write, they re-inflict on the reader.
1894 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 28 Jan. 5/4 As we grew older we read that joke and followed, as certain and sure as death itself, such pictures and then in high glee proceeded to reinflict it upon another less unfortunate personage who had possibly evaded the particular issue.
1949 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 21 Aug. 10/2 Yet, it is this time-tested depression-creating program which President Truman now proposes to reinflict upon the nation.
1995 Sugar Apr. 80/1 The rockin' rebel hell-raisers from the Forest of Dean, famous for that brill single, Unbelievable , back in 1990, are re-inflicting themselves upon the unsuspecting public.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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