English Dictionary: excruciate | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for excruciate | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Excruciate \Ex*cru"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excruciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excruciating}.] To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate. --Drayton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Excruciate \Ex*cru"ci*ate\, a. [L. excruciatus, p. p. of excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death on a cross, to torment. See {Cruciate}, {Cross}.] Excruciated; tortured. And here my heart long time excruciate. --Chapman. |