cruciate

Adjective

cruciate (comparative more cruciate, superlative most cruciate)

1. In the form of a cross.
   • Near-synonym: X-shaped (not always differentiable)
   • Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN

   Synonyms:

   cruciform, cross-shaped, X-shaped

   Antonyms:

   noncruciform

2. Overlapping or crossing.
3. (obsolete) Tormented.
   • Immediately I was so cruciate, that I desired— death to take me.1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC
   • In this life are they cruciate with a troublous and doubtfull conscience.1550, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches

Verb

IPA/ˈkɹuː.ʃi.eɪt/

cruciate (third-person singular simple present cruciates, present participle cruciating, simple past and past participle cruciated)

1. (obsolete) To torture; to torment.
   • They vexed, tormented, and cruciated the weake consciences of men.1550, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches
   • a. 1680, Joseph Glanvill, on the Preexistence of Souls
     The thus miserably cruciated spirit must needs quit its unfit habitation.