discruciating
discruciating is the present participle and gerund of discruciate.
Meaning of discruciate
Verb
discruciate (third-person singular simple present discruciates, present participle discruciating, simple past and past participle discruciated)
- 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 discruciating
- What is discruciating the present participle and gerund of?
- Discruciating is the present participle and gerund of discruciate.
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