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inflictinflict /ɪnˈflɪkt/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYinflictOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of infligere, from fligere to hit VERB TABLEinflict |
Present | I, you, we, they | inflict | | he, she, it | inflicts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | inflicted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have inflicted | | he, she, it | has inflicted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had inflicted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will inflict | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have inflicted |
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Present | I | am inflicting | | he, she, it | is inflicting | | you, we, they | are inflicting | Past | I, he, she, it | was inflicting | | you, we, they | were inflicting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been inflicting | | he, she, it | has been inflicting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been inflicting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be inflicting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been inflicting |
1[transitive] to make someone suffer something bad or painful: inflict something on somebody/something The hurricane inflicted severe damage on Florida’s coast.2inflict yourself on somebody humorous to visit or be with someone when he or she does not want you [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of infligere, from fligere to hit]—infliction /ɪnˈflɪkʃən/ noun [uncountable] |