discruciate
English
Etymology
From Latin discruciatus, past participle of discruciare. See cruciate.
Verb
discruciate (third-person singular simple present discruciates, present participle discruciating, simple past and past participle discruciated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To torture; to excruciate.
- 1648, Robert Herrick, “Griefe”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], OCLC 1044244285; republished as Henry G. Clarke, editor, Hesperides, or Works both Human and Divine, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: H. G. Clarke and Co., […], 1844, OCLC 1110372590:
- Sorrowes divided amongst many, lesse / Discruciate a man in deep distresse.
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Latin
Participle
discruciāte
- vocative masculine singular of discruciātus