Inflicted

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inflict \In*flict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflicted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Inflicting}.] [L. inflictus, p. p. of infligere to
     strike on, to inflict; pref. in- in, on + fligere to strike.
     Cf. {Flail}.]
     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.
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           What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire
           disgrace?                                --Drygen.
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           The persecution and the pain
           That man inflicts on all inferior kinds. --Cowper.
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