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Definition of the verb inflict
What does inflict mean as a doing word?
verb - inflections: inflicted | inflicting | inflicts
- impose something unpleasant
- examples: You should not inflict any injury on others on any account. | Beavers rarely inflict damage on people.
- lexical domain: Communication - verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
- synonyms of inflict: bring down / impose / visit
- more generic words: communicate / intercommunicate = transmit thoughts or feelings
- more specific words:
Alternative definition of the verb inflict
- To thrust upon; to impose.
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Inflict, (in-flikf) v. t, [L. infligere, inflict am, from in and fligere, to strike, allied to Eng .flog.] To lay or throw; to impose, as a punishment, &c. Inflorescence, (in-flor-es' ens) n. [L. inflorescens, from in and florescere, to 'begin to blossom, from flos, floris ...
by David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield
51, in which, proceeding upon the assumption that cruelty to animals was an offense at common law, it was held that deliberation was a necessary element of the offense, as evidencing a wicked intent to inflict injury upon the animal. That this ...
To which Has Been Added Statutory Definitions by Frederick Stroud
by Sherif Okasha
Though the abstract functional feature common to all weapons is that of “being used to inflict physical harm”, it hardly constrains them to a set of regularly similar objects. Embedded in this feature is the dimension degree of harm. Even in a ...
Designed to Suggest Immediately Any Desired Word Needed to Express Exactly a Given Idea; a Dictionary, Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms, Foreign Phrases, Pronunciations, a Copious Correlation of Words, Prepared Under the Supervision of Francis Andrew March ... and Francis Andrew March, Jr by Francis Andrew March
To inflict light punishment. Let the wound heal. To forgive. Make allowances for. To excuse on account of. Make up a quarrel. To be friends again Not be too hard upon. To inflict light punishment. Overlook. To purposely disregard. Pardon.
merely to allege the assault to have been made “feloniously and maliciously” or The intent to inflict the bodily harm being of the esseme of the ofiense must be alleged,“ and an indictment alleging an assault and the infliction of bodily harm has ...
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Scrabble value of I1N1F4L1I1C3T1
The value of this 7-letter word is 12 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.Couldn't select: Got error 28 from storage engine