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"3": "īnflīctus"
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{
"form": "inflicts",
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"present",
"singular",
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},
{
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"participle",
"present"
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},
{
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"text": "They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2011 June 15, Tony White, Working with Suicidal Individuals: A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, page 87",
"text": "This allowed me to continue inflicting this injury on myself long after I otherwise could have beared, I think.",
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"To thrust upon; to impose."
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pričinjavam",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "причинявам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nalagam",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "налагам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "infligir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "aiheuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "tuottaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "infliger"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "inflixir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "zufügen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epitíthēmi",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "ἐπιτίθημι"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "infliggere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "comminare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "infligo"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dočâr kardan",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "دچار کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tahmil kardan",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "تحمیل کردن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "infligir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nanosítʹ",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "наноси́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pričinjátʹ",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "причиня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "налага́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "infligir"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "çarptırmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "çektirmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "uğratmak"
}
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},
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"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2011 June 15, Tony White, Working with Suicidal Individuals: A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, page 87",
"text": "This allowed me to continue inflicting this injury on myself long after I otherwise could have beared, I think.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To thrust upon; to impose."
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pričinjavam",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "причинявам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nalagam",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "налагам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "infligir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "aiheuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "tuottaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "infliger"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "inflixir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "zufügen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epitíthēmi",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "ἐπιτίθημι"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "infliggere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "comminare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "infligo"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dočâr kardan",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "دچار کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tahmil kardan",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "تحمیل کردن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "infligir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nanosítʹ",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "наноси́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pričinjátʹ",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "причиня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nalagátʹ",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "налага́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "infligir"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "çarptırmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "çektirmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "thrust upon, impose",
"word": "uğratmak"
}
],
"word": "inflict"
}
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