discruciate

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verb

To torture (someone); to excruciate.

OriginLatin discruciātus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person discruciates · participle present discruciating · participle past discruciated · past discruciated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo 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

Origin

  1. Latindiscruciātus
  2. Englishdiscruciate

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

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APA

discruciate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discruciate

MLA

“discruciate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discruciate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discruciate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discruciate.

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