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Excruciated; tortured. "And here my heart long time excruciate." (Chapman)
Origin: L. Excruciatus, p. P. Of excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death on a cross, to torment. See Cruciate, Cross.
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)
Origin: Excruciated; Excruciating.
(01 Mar 1998)
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