afflict

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
  2. (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.
  3. (obsolete) To make low or humble.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/əˈflɪkt/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English afflicten (attested in past participle afflicte), from Latin afflictāre (“to damage, harass, torment”), frequentative of affligere (“to dash down, overthrow”).

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