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discruciate

discruciate verb: to torture (someone); to excruciate.

Verb

discruciate (third-person singular simple present discruciates, present participle discruciating, simple past and past participle discruciated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To torture (someone); to excruciate.
    • Sorrovves divided amongſt many, leſſe / Diſcruciate a man in deep diſtreſſe.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

Forms of discruciate

third-person singular presentdiscruciates
present participlediscruciating
past participlediscruciated
pastdiscruciated

Origin of discruciate

First attested in 1596; borrowed from Latin discruciātus, perfect passive participle of discruciō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about discruciate

What does discruciate mean?
Discruciate means to torture (someone); to excruciate.
What part of speech is discruciate?
Discruciate is a verb.
What is the past tense of discruciate?
The past tense of discruciate is discruciated.

Words near discruciate in the dictionary

  1. discriminous
  2. discrown
  3. discrowned
  4. discrowning
  5. discrowns
  6. discruciate
  7. discruciated
  8. discruciates
  9. discruciating
  10. discry
  11. discrying

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