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excruciateth

excruciateth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of excruciate.

Meaning of excruciate

Verb

excruciate (third-person singular simple present excruciates, present participle excruciating, simple past and past participle excruciated)

  1. (transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
    • But this it is that doth excruciate
      The verie ſubſtance of my vexed ſoule:
      To ſee our neighbours that were wont to quake
      And tremble at the Perſean Monarkes name,
      Now ſits and laughs our regiment to ſcorne, […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

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Questions about excruciateth

What is excruciateth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Excruciateth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of excruciate.

Words near excruciateth in the dictionary

  1. excretum
  2. excruciable
  3. excruciate
  4. excruciated
  5. excruciates
  6. excruciateth
  7. excruciating
  8. excruciatingly
  9. excruciation
  10. excruciations
  11. excruciator

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