inflict [ in flíkt ](3rd person present singularinflicts, present participleinflicting, past and past participleinflicted)
transitive verb
Definition:
1. cause suffering: to be the cause of something harmful or unpleasant such as loss, injury, or damage to somebody or something Our artillery inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy forces.
2. force on somebody: to impose something burdensome or inconvenient on somebody In that case I won't inflict my company on you any longer.
[Mid-16th century. < Latin inflict-, past participle of infligere 'strike upon' < fligere 'to hit']
