afflicted; afflicting; afflicts
Definition of afflict
1a
: to cause pain or suffering to : to distress so severely as to cause persistent suffering or anguish
people afflicted with arthritis a region afflicted by hunger and poverty
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The first known use of afflict was in the 14th century
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