[əˈflɪkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely
(e.g: his younger child was afflicted with a skin disease)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘deject, humiliate’): from Latin afflictare ‘knock about, harass’, or from afflict- ‘knocked down, weakened’: both from the verb affligere, from ad- ‘to’ + fligere ‘to strike, dash’