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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cruciate \Cru"ci*ate\ (kr?"sh?-?t or -sh?t; 106), a. [L. cruciatus p. p. of cruciare to crucify, torture, fr crux, crucis, a cross. See {Cross}.] 1. Tormented. [Obs.] --Bale. 2. (Bot.) Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cruciate \Cru"ci*ate\ (kr?"sh?-?t), v. t. To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See {Excruciate}. --Bale. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cruciate adj : shaped like a cross [syn: {cruciform}]
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