inflict
verb
with object
cause (something
unpleasant
or
painful
) to be suffered by someone or something:
【人に】〈苦しみ・危害・罰など〉をもたらす, 押しつける, 課す «on, upon»
e.g.
they inflicted serious injuries on three other men.
(
inflict something on
)
impose
something
unwelcome
on:
e.g.
she is wrong to inflict her beliefs on everyone else.
DERIVATIVES
inflictable
adjective
inflicter
noun
ORIGIN
mid
16th century
(in the sense ‘
afflict
,
trouble
’): from
Latin
inflict-
‘
struck
against
’, from the verb
infligere
, from in- ‘
into
’ +
fligere
‘to
strike
’.