Afflicter
to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously:
to be afflicted with arthritis.
Obsolete.
to overthrow; defeat.
to humble.
verb
(transitive) to cause suffering or unhappiness to; distress greatly
v.
late 14c., “to cast down,” from Old French aflicter, from Latin afflictare “to damage, harass, torment,” frequentative of affligere (past participle afflictus) “to dash down, overthrow,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + fligere (past participle flictus) “to strike,” from PIE root *bhlig- “to strike” (cf. Greek phlibein “to press, crush,” Czech blizna “scar,” Welsh blif “catapult”). Transferred meaning of “trouble, distress,” is first recorded 1530s. Related: Afflicted; afflicting.
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