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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
afflict/əˈflɪkt/

▶verb (of a problem or illness) cause pain or suffering to.

– origin ME: from L. afflictare ‘knock about, harass’, or afflict-, affligere ‘knock down, weaken’.

'afflict' also found in these Oxford entries:

ail - inflict - stimulate - take - trounce

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