inflicted

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Inflicted by a European weapon, my injury would have been of no serious consequence.

From The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie

In a recent publication, The Pestilence, Why Inflicted, are given many reasons why the writer thinks himself to be the appointed watchman foretold by Ezekiel, chapters iii. and xxxiii.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

All that the Greeks endured, and all the ills Inflicted by the Gods on Troy, we know, Know all that passes on the boundless earth.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

So, while I sport the usual iron crosses, No feats of valour pinned them on my breast, But writing up the sanguinary losses Inflicted by our genius in the West.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 by Various

He kindles for my profit purely Affliction's glowing fiery brand, And all his heaviest blows are surely Inflicted by a Master-hand: So I say, praying, As God will!

From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss