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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crucify \Cru"ci*fy\ (-f?), v. 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
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