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   afflict

   /əˈflɪkt/

   verb

   • 1. (of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely: "his younger child was afflicted with a skin disease"
   • ▪ (of a celestial body) be in a stressful aspect with (another celestial body or a point on the ecliptic): "Jupiter is afflicted by Mars in opposition"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘deject, humiliate’): from Latin afflictare ‘knock about, harass’, or from afflict- ‘knocked down, weakened’: both from the verb affligere, from ad- ‘to’ + fligere ‘to strike, dash’.

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