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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Agonized

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Agonizing

[F.

agoniser

, LL.

agonizare

, fr. Gr. [GREEK]. See

To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.

To smart and

agonize

at every pore.

Pope.

To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.

Verb.

To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.

agonized

his mother by his behavior.

Thackeray.

Verb.

[Gr. to strive. See Agony.]

To write with extreme pain; to suffer violent anguish.

To smart and agonize at every pore.

Verb.

To distress with extreme pain; to torture.