affict

affict
عَذَّبَ \ affict: to cause pain or trouble to. tantalize: (to make (sb.) desire sth. that he can see but cannot have: The fruit on our neighbour’s trees is tantalizing my son. torment: to annoy cruelly; cause suffering to: You shouldn’t torment a helpless animal. torture: to cause (sb.) to suffer violent pain in the body or the mind: The prisoner was tortured by his enemies until he told them what they wanted to know.

Arabic-English glossary. 2015.

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  • Impest — Im*pest , v. t. To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Teen — Teen, v. t. [AS. te[ o]nian, t?nan, to slander, vex. [root]64. See {Teen}, n.] To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • affictitious — † afficˈtitious, a. Obs. 0 [f. L. affictīci us annexed, f. affict ppl. stem of affing ĕre to add to by inventing: see itious.] ‘Feigned or counterfeit.’ Blount Glossogr. 1656 …   Useful english dictionary

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