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Definition of Inflict
1. Verb. Impose something unpleasant. "The principal visited his rage on the students"
Generic synonyms: Communicate, Intercommunicate
Specialized synonyms: Dictate, Order, Prescribe, Intrude, Obtrude, Clamp, Give, Foist
Derivative terms: Imposition, Imposition, Infliction, Visitation
Definition of Inflict
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Inflict
1. Verb. To thrust upon; to impose. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inflict
1. to cause to be endured; impose [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Inflict
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. "What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire disgrace?" (Drygen) "The persecution and the pain That man inflicts on infero-ior kinds." (Cowper) Origin: L. Inflictus, p.p. Of infligere to strike on, to inflict; pref. In- in, on + fligere to strike. Cf. Flail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inflict
Literary usage of Inflict
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"An Act to inflict Pains and Penalties on John Plunket. An Act to inflict Pains
and Penalties on George Kelly, alias Johnson. An Act to inflict Pains and ..."
2. The Principles of International Law by Thomas Joseph Lawrence (1905)
"We may add to the statements already made the proposition that Projectiles which
inflict useless suffering are prohibited. This rule springs directly from ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"Intention to inflict Great Bodily Harm. All the authorities agree that, ...
An intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm will be implied as a matter of ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... they must expect to suffer the severe penalti« " which our authority, guided
by heavenly wisdom, shall think proper " to inflict upon them. ..."
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