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Afflicted - What does it mean?

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afflicted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (afflict)

  • afflict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
  • * 1611 , 1:11–12:
  • 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.
  • * 1611 , 23:27:
  • 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.
  • (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
  • * Milton
  • reassembling our afflicted powers
  • (obsolete) To make low or humble.
  • (Spenser)
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth.

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