inflict - v.tr.
(usu. foll. by on, upon)
1 administer, deal (a stroke, wound, defeat, etc.).
2 (also refl.) often joc. impose (suffering, a penalty, oneself, one's company, etc.) on (shall not inflict myself on you any longer).

inflictable adj. inflicter n. inflictor n. [L infligere inflict- (as IN-(2), fligere strike)]