Definition of: inflict

(in·flikt′) v.t.
1. To cause another to suffer or endure, as a blow or wound.
2. To impose, as punishment.
3. To impose as if by force or against opposition: to inflict one's views on the public. [<L inflictus, pp. of infligere strike on <in- on + fligere strike]
—in·flict′er, in·flic′tor noun
—in·flic′tive adjective