inflicts

We have found lemma(root) word of inflicts : inflict.

Definitions


[ɪnˈflɪkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause (something unpleasant or painful) to be suffered by someone or something
(e.g: they inflicted serious injuries on three other men)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘afflict, trouble’): from Latin inflict- ‘struck against’, from the verb infligere, from in- ‘into’ + fligere ‘to strike’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries