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3 definitions found 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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