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excruciate
/ɛkˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/
verb 1adj 1
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4ADJ.
long
VERB + EXCRUCIATE
time
EXCRUCIATE + NOUN
ub, verie
PREP.
amongst
Definitions
verb
1
To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
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, […]
adj
1
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.
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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 ſ
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1616, George Chapman's translation of Homer's Odyssey And here my heart long time excruciate Amongst the leaves I rested all that night.
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