inflict
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Inflict upon him no kind of punishment, for he does not know what being in fault means; never oblige him to ask pardon, for he does not know what it is to offend you.
From Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts by Steeg, Jules
"Inflict?" quoth she, with a pretty look of make-believe dismay.
From Saint Martin's Summer by Sabatini, Rafael
O Sylla, in revenging injuries, Inflict the pain where first offence did spring, And for my sake establish peace in Rome, And pardon these repentant citizens.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
Inflict, in-flikt′, v.t. to lay on: to impose, as punishment.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
And make a dark existence shine Inflict annoyance and distress Upon a soul inert and cloyed?—
From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Spalding, Henry
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