Af‐flic″tive (�), a. [Cf. F. afflictif.] Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing. “Jove's afflictive hand.” Pope.
Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.