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afflict
English
Etymology
From Old French aflicter, from Latin afflictare (“to damage, harass, torment”), frequentative of affligere (“to dash down, overthrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??fl?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
- Hyphenation: af?flict
Verb
afflict (third-person singular simple present afflicts, present participle afflicting, simple past and past participle afflicted)
- (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
- (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
- (obsolete) To make low or humble.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth.
Related terms
- affliction
- afflictive
Translations
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??fl?k(t)/
Verb
afflict (third-person singular present afflicts, present participle afflictin, past afflictit, past participle afflictit)
- to afflict
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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dreve
English
Alternative forms
- drove
Etymology
From Middle English dreven (also droven), from Old English dr?fan, *dr?fian (“to trouble, vex, agitate, disturb the mind of”), from Proto-Germanic *dr?bijan? (“to disturb, excite, make muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?reb?- (“to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment”). Cognate with Low German dröven, Dutch droeven (“to be sad, grieve”), German trüben (“to dull, dim, cloud, tarnish, trouble”), Swedish bedröva (“to grieve, sadden, distress”). Related to droff.
Verb
dreve (third-person singular simple present dreves, present participle dreving, simple past and past participle dreved)
- (transitive, obsolete) To trouble; afflict; make anxious.
Anagrams
- Dever, Verde
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e?v?
Verb
dreve
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of drijven
Anagrams
- veder, verde, vrede
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?dreve]
Noun
dreve n
- locative singular of drevo
dreve From the web:
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