cruciate

Etymology
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Pronunciation




Adjective

 * 1) In the form of a cross; cross-shaped; cruciform.
 * 2) Overlapping or crossing.
 * 3)  Tormented.

Verb

 * 1)  To torture; to torment.
 * 2) * a. 1680, Joseph Glanvill, on the Preexistence of Souls
 * The thus miserably cruciated spirit must needs quit its unfit habitation.
 * The thus miserably cruciated spirit must needs quit its unfit habitation.