| excruciate | 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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