Helen Fenton

Affliction: Definition and part of speech

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Affliction

  1. n. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.
  2. n. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Afflict: Definition and part of speech

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Afflict

  1. p. p. & a. Afflicted.
  2. v. t. To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
  3. v. t. To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment.
  4. v. t. To make low or humble.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Afflatus: Definition and part of speech

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Afflatus

  1. n. A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration.
  2. n. A breath or blast of wind.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.