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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excruciate \Ex*cru"ci*ate\, a. [L. excruciatus p. p. of
excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death
on a cross, to torment. See {Cruciate}, {Cross}.]
Excruciated; tortured.
And here my heart long time excruciate. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excruciate \Ex*cru"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excruciated};
p. pr & vb n. {Excruciating}.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
excruciate
v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: {torment}, {torture},
{rack}]
2: subject to torture [syn: {torture}, {torment}]
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