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inflictest

inflictest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of inflict.

Meaning of inflict

Verb

inflict (third-person singular simple present inflicts, present participle inflicting, simple past and past participle inflicted)

  1. To thrust upon; to impose.
    • They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.
    Synonyms:
    exact, fetch, visit, wreak

Origin of inflictest

inflict + -est

Questions about inflictest

What is inflictest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Inflictest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of inflict.

Words near inflictest in the dictionary

  1. inflicted
  2. inflicted insight
  3. inflicted insights
  4. inflicter
  5. inflicters
  6. inflictest
  7. inflicteth
  8. inflicting
  9. infliction
  10. inflictions
  11. inflictive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inflictest (page history and authors); inflict (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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