excruciate

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English

Etymology

From Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- +‎ cruciō, from the base of crux (cross).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛkˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/, /ɪkˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/
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Verb

excruciate (third-person singular simple present excruciates, present participle excruciating, simple past and past participle excruciated)

  1. (transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
    Synonyms: torment, torture; see also Thesaurus:hurt
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
      But this it is that doth excruciate
      The verie ſubſtance of my vexed ſoule:
      To ſee our neighbours that were wont to quake
      And tremble at the Perſean Monarkes name,
      Now ſits and laughs our regiment to ſcorne, []

Translations

Adjective

excruciate (comparative more excruciate, superlative most excruciate)

  1. (obsolete) Excruciated; tortured.
    • 1616, George Chapman's translation of Homer's Odyssey
      And here my heart long time excruciate
      Amongst the leaves I rested all that night.

Latin

Verb

excruciāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of excruciō