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Webster 1913 Edition

Excruciate

Ex-cru′ci-ate

,
Adj.
[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.

Ex-cru′ci-ate

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Excruciate

EXCRU'CIATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. excrucio; ex and crucio, to torment, from crux, a cross.] To torture; to torment; to inflict most severe pain on; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.

Definition 2025

excruciate

excruciate

English

Verb

excruciate ‎(third-person singular simple present excruciates, present participle excruciating, simple past and past participle excruciated)

  1. (transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.

Translations

Related terms

Adjective

excruciate ‎(comparative more excruciate, superlative most excruciate)

  1. (obsolete) Excruciated; tortured.
    • 1616, George Chapman's translation of Homer's Odyssey
      And here my heart long time excruciate
      Amongst the leaves I rested all that night.

Latin

Verb

excruciāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of excruciō

Etymology

From Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- +‎ cruciō, from the base of crux ‎(“cross”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛk.ˈskru.ʃi.eɪ̯t/, /ɛk.ˈskru.si.eɪ̯t/

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