Inflict

[Sarah]

To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking;to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel,or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; toinflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on anoffender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal.What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire disgrace Drygen.The persecution and the pain That man inflicts on infero-ior kinds.Cowper.

[Sommer]

Cause (something unpleasant or painful) to be suffered by someone or something.