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Webster 1913 Edition

Crucify

Cru′ci-fy

(-f?)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Crucified
(-f?d)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Crucifying
.]
[F.
crucifier
, fr. (assumed) LL.
crucificare
, for
crucifigere
, fr, L.
crux
,
crucis
, cross +
figere
to fix, the ending
-figere
being changed to
-ficare
, F.
-fier
(in compounds), as if fr. L.
facere
to do, make. See
Cross
, and
Fix
, and cf.
Crucifix
.]
1.
To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
They cried, saying,
Crucify
him,
cricify
him.
Luke xxiii. 21.
2.
To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.
They that are Christ’s have
crucified
the flesh, with the affections and lusts.
Gal. v. 24.
3.
To vex or torment.
Beau. & FL.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crucify

CRUCIFY

,
Verb.
T.
[L., cross, to fix.]
1.
To nail to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet, sometimes anciently, by fastening a criminal to a tree, with cords.
But they cried, crucify him, crucify him. Luke 23.
2.
In scriptural language, to subdue; to mortify; to destroy the power or ruling influence of.
They that are Christs have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. Galatians 5.
3.
To reject and despise.
They crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh. Hebrews 6.
To be crucified with Christ, is to become dead to the law and to sin, and to have indwelling corruption subdued. Galatians 2 and 6.
4.
To vex or torment. [Not used.]

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