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afflict
/əˈflɪkt/
verb 3
Collocations
2(verb.)
ADV
badly, severely
PHRASES
be afflicted with
Many elderly people are afflicted with arthritis, which makes daily activities difficult.
Definitions
verb
1
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.
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
2
To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.
reassembling our afflicted powers
3
To make low or humble.
The Argument of mine afflicted stile
Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth.
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Synonyms
verb — cause physical pain or suffering in
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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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 multipl
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Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lo
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[T]he wench was afflicted with religion and unapproachably austere.
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My motto is: Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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If thou afflict my daughters, and if thou bring in other wives over them: none is witness of our speech but God, who is present and beholdeth.
Tatoeba · #782958406
Therefore he set over them masters of the works, to afflict them with burdens: and they built for Pharaoh cities of tabernacles, Phithom, and Ramesses.
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