cruciate

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin cruciatus.

Pronunciation

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(adjective)

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹuː.ʃi.ət/, /ˈkɹuː.si.ət/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

(verb)

Adjective

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cruciate (comparative more cruciate, superlative most cruciate)

  1. In the form of a cross; cross-shaped; cruciform.
  2. Overlapping or crossing.
  3. (obsolete) Tormented.

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Translations

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Verb

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cruciate (third-person singular simple present cruciates, present participle cruciating, simple past and past participle cruciated)

  1. (obsolete) To torture; to torment.
    • 1550, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:
      They vexed, tormented, and cruciated the weake consciences of men.
    • a. 1680, Joseph Glanvill, on the Preexistence of Souls
      The thus miserably cruciated spirit must needs quit its unfit habitation.
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Latin

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Verb

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cruciāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of cruciō