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; republished as Henry G. Clarke, editor, Hesperides, or Works both Human and Divine, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: H. G. Clarke and Co., […], 1844, →OCLC:
  Sorrowes divided amongst many, lesse / Discruciate a man in deep distresse.
  The spelling has been modernized.

Latin

Participle

discruciāte

vocative masculine singular of discruciātus