inflict
verb (used with object)
to impose as something that must be borne or suffered.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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This, indeed, is a chastisement which ye, of your own will, have inflicted upon yourselves, could ye but perceive it.
From Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh