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inflict

verb
/ɪnˈflɪkt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnflīctus, past participle of īnflīgō, from in- + flīgō (“strike”).

  1. borrowed from īnflīctus

Definitions

  1. To thrust upon

    To thrust upon; to impose.

    • They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.
    • The enemy's artillery inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy forces.
    • In that case, I won't inflict my company on you any longer.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inflict. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at inflict. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at inflict

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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