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Excruciate
Pronunciation : Ex*cru"ci*ate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. excruciatus, p. p. of excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death on a cross, to torment. See Cruciate, Cross.]
Definition : Defn: Excruciated; tortured. And here my heart long time excruciate. Chapman.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ex*cru"ci*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Excruciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Excruciating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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