Af*flict" , p. p. & a. [L.
afflictus, p. p.]
Afflicted. [Obs.] Becon.
Af*flict" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Afflicted;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Afflicting.]
[L.
afflictus, p. p. of affigere to cast down, deject; ad + fligere
to strike: cf. OF. aflit, afflict,
p. p. Cf. Flagellate.] 1. To strike or
cast down; to overthrow. [Obs.]
"Reassembling our afflicted powers."
Milton.
2. To inflict some great injury or hurt upon,
causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment.
They did set
over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens.
Exod. i.
11.
That which was the
worst now least afflicts me.
Milton.
3. To make low or humble. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth.
Jer. Taylor.
Syn. -- To trouble; grieve; pain; distress; harass; torment; wound; hurt.
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