Inflict: alternatives and connections

Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

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To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.

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A light and fast-sailing ship.

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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseaso…

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To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company.

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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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To make penal.

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To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.

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To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; t…

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To share in common; to participate in.

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To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

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To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

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To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.

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