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Webster 1913 Edition

(kr?ˊsh?-?′sh?n)

Noun.

[LL.

cruciatio

The act of torturing; torture; torment.

[Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Noun.

The act of torturing; torment. [Little used.]

cruciation ‎(usually uncountable, plural cruciations)

(obsolete) torture; torment
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