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afflict
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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This is the very ecstasy of love,
Whose violent property fordoes itself
And leads the will to desperate undertakings
As oft as any passions under heaven
That does afflict our natures.†
p. 81.1 *

afflict = cause suffering
I entreat you both
That, being of so young days brought up with him
And sith so neighbored to his youth and havior,
That you vouchsafe your rest here in our court
Some little time, so by your companies
To draw him on to pleasures, and to gather
So much as from occasion you may glean,
Whether aught to us unknown afflicts him thus
That, opened, lies within our remedy.†
p. 83.3

afflicts = causes suffering
Her father and myself, lawful espials,
Will so bestow ourselves that, seeing unseen,
We may of their encounter frankly judge
And gather by him, as he is behaved,
If 't be th' affliction of his love or no
That thus he suffers for.†
p. 125.7

affliction = something that causes ongoing suffering
The Queen your mother, in most great affliction of spirit, hath sent me to you.†
p. 157.1
Thought and afflictions, passion, hell itself
She turns to favor and to prettiness.†
p. 219.4

afflictions = things that cause suffering

Definitions:

(1) (afflict)
to cause pain, suffering, or trouble -- especially something long-lasting or hard to endure
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)