|
English to English verb
| 1 |
impose something unpleasant |  | Example: The principal visited his rage on the students
source: wordnet30
| 2 |
To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal. | | source: webster1913
|