excruciate

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Pronunciation

/ɛkˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/

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/ɛkˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/ · /ɪkˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/

Definition of excruciate

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

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

“But this it is that doth excruciate The verie ſubſtance of my vexed ſoule: To ſee our neighbours that were wont to quake And tremble at the Perſean Monarkes name, Now ſits and laughs our regiment to ſcorne, […]”

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verb

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

“But this it is that doth excruciate The verie ſubſtance of my vexed ſoule: To ſee our neighbours that were wont to quake And tremble at the Perſean Monarkes name, Now ſits and laughs our regiment to ſcorne, […]”

adj

(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.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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

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