transitive. To inflict suffering upon; to afflict, harass; to injure, harm.

transitive. With thing as direct object and dative of person: To show (unkindness) to, to put (disgrace, suffering, etc.) on.

To inflict hurt, harm, or punishment upon (a person); to deal severely or hardly with (persons or things); †to cut off, cause to die.

transitive. To visit (judgement) on. Obsolete.

To exercise, practise, or inflict (injury, cruelty, etc.); to put into act, impose. Occasionally const. on, towards. Also transferred. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. Scottish. To affect adversely or unjustly; to prejudice, harm, injure. Obsolete.

transitive. spec. To bring (misfortune or disaster) on (also upon) (oneself, one's head, etc.). In later use chiefly with down. Cf. draw, v. 36b.

transitive. To assail or afflict (a person) with something adverse; = ply, v.2 4a. Obsolete.

transitive. To lay on as a stroke, blow, or wound; to impose as something that must be suffered or endured; to cause to be borne.

figurative. to put through the mangle and variants: to subject to a severe test or ordeal. Cf. to put through the wringer at wringer, n. 6b.