Both Uses of
afflict
in
The Tempest
- Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou art?†
Scene 5.1 *
- Whe'er thou be'st he or no, Or some enchanted trifle to abuse me, As late I have been, I not know: thy pulse Beats, as of flesh and blood; and, since I saw thee, Th' affliction of my mind amends, with which, I fear, a madness held me: this must crave,— An if this be at all—a most strange story.†
Scene 5.1
Definition:
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(afflict) cause suffering -- such as illness, pain, or unhappiness