Excruciate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Excruciate \Ex*cru"ci*ate\, a. [L. excruciatus, p. p. of
     excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death
     on a cross, to torment. See {Cruciate}, {Cross}.]
     Excruciated; tortured.
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           And here my heart long time excruciate.  --Chapman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Excruciate \Ex*cru"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excruciated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Excruciating}.]
     To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment
     greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.
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           Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate.
                                                    --Drayton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  excruciate
       v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: {torment}, {torture},
            {rack}]
       2: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell,
          according to the Bible" [syn: {torture}, {torment}]