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discruciates

discruciates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of discruciate.

Meaning of discruciate

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

Questions about discruciates

What is discruciates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Discruciates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of discruciate.

Words near discruciates in the dictionary

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

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