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afflicts

afflicts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of afflict.

Meaning of afflict

Verb

afflict (third-person singular simple present afflicts, present participle afflicting, simple past and past participle afflicted)

  1. (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
    • Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 1:11–12
  2. (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.
    • reassembling our afflicted powers1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. (obsolete) To make low or humble.
    • The Argument of mine afflicted stile1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about afflicts

What is afflicts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Afflicts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of afflict.

Words near afflicts in the dictionary

  1. afflictions
  2. afflictive
  3. afflictively
  4. afflictress
  5. afflictresses
  6. afflicts
  7. afflouncement
  8. afflouncements
  9. affluence
  10. affluence of incohol
  11. affluences

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