excruciate
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Is excruciate a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of excruciate?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.Examples: "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, […]"Synonyms: torment, torture, ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, deretransitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Excruciated; tortured.Examples: "1616, George Chapman's translation of Homer's Odyssey And here my heart long time excruciate Amongst the leaves I rested all that night."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary