discruciate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin discruciatus, past participle of discruciare. See cruciate.
Verb
editdiscruciate (third-person singular simple present discruciates, present participle discruciating, simple past and past participle discruciated)
- (transitive, obsolete) To torture (someone); 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, page 282:
- Sorrovves divided amongſt many, leſſe / Diſcruciate a man in deep diſtreſſe.
Latin
editParticiple
editdiscruciāte