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afflicted
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: afflict )
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. grievously affected especially by disease [syn: stricken ] mentally or physically unfit [syn: impaired ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"person or persons in constant suffering of body or mind," 1650s, noun use of past participle adjective from afflict .
Wikipedia
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Afflicted was a technical death metal band from Sweden , active in the early 1990s. They were an important and influential part of the Swedish death metal scene, though overshadowed by better-known bands like Entombed and Dismember . On 26 July 2013 Afflicted ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Afflict \Af*flict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Afflicted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Afflicting .] [L. afflictus, p. p. of affigere to cast down, deject; ad + fligere to strike: cf. OF. aflit, afflict, p. p. Cf. Flagellate .] To strike or cast down; to overthrow. [Obs.] ...
Usage examples of afflicted.
Samuel Parris: a concern for the afflicted, a predilection to act deliberately, and a desire to determine the truth.
Good reaffirmed her innocence, tried to shift the blame first to both of the other accused women, and then specifically claimed that it was Sarah Osborne who pinched and afflicted the children.
Even though authorities had arrested, examined, and incarcerated the accused witches, the suffering of the afflicted continued.
March, they discussed these visions, the continued fits of the afflicted, the inability of secular and religious leaders to end the crisis, and the seven unnamed witches mentioned by Tituba.
Unsure that the afflicted child had accurately named her tormentor, Putnam and Cheever devised a scheme to test her reliability.
Yet another of the afflicted, Abigail Williams, cried out against her on March 14.
With Martha Corey in attendance, the afflicted disrupted virtually the entire worship service.
She had guessed that someone would visit her about witchcraft after overhearing conversations among some children who said she afflicted and troubled people.
Five days earlier, Ann had spent most of the day caring for her afflicted daughter Ann and maid Mercy Lewis.
Before long, several of the afflicted, notably Elizabeth Hubbard, Mary Walcott, and Bethshaa Pope, either yelled accusations at Nurse or fell to the floor in fits.
Whenever Nurse moved her hands, changed the position of her head, or bent her back, the afflicted complained of being bitten, pinched, and bruised.
Most important for Rebecca Nurse, the actions of the afflicted convinced Hathorne and Corwin to place her in the Salem jail with Martha Corey.
During her brief examination, whenever Dorcas glanced at the afflicted, they said she bit them.
The witches were not only mocking the holy Christian sacraments but Satan was filling the afflicted with visions of glory.
The afflicted were permitted to be near the accused during the examination, and they increasingly charged that the accused were audacious enough to harm them in the presence of authorities.