Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Arranged in or forming a cross; cruciform.
- adj. Overlapping or crossing, as the wings of some insects when at rest.
- adj. Shaped like a cross: the cruciate ligaments of the knee.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To torture; torment; afflict with extreme pain or distress; excruciate.
- Tormented; excruciated.
- In botany, having the form of cross with equal arms, as the flowers of mustard, etc.; cruciform: applied also to tetraspores of red marine algæ. See tetraspore.
- In zöol., crucial or cruciform; crossed or cross-shaped; specifically, in entomology, crossing each other diagonally in repose, as the wings of many hymenopterous insects and the hemelytra of the Heteroptera.
- n. An obsolete form of crusade.
Wiktionary
- adj. In the form of cross; cruciform.
- adj. Overlapping or crossing.
- v. obsolete To torture; to torment.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. obsolete Tormented.
- adj. (Bot.) Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of cross; cruciform.
- v. To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See excruciate.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. shaped like a cross
Etymologies
- From Latin cruciatus. (Wiktionary)
- New Latin cruciātus, from Latin crux, cruc-, cross. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Carlisle, who admits he has been an "addict" of the show since childhood, had previously failed an audition during a long-term cruciate ligament injury lay-off from January 2001 to September 2002.”
“Italian captain Parisse, currently sidelined with a long term cruciate knee ligament injury, is widely regarded as the best player in Italian rugby and has become an inspiration figure within Nick Mallett's national setup in recent times.”
“They are called cruciate because they cross each other somewhat like the lines of the letter X; and have received the names anterior and posterior, from the position of their attachments to the tibia.”
“Everybody knows the cruciate is a bad injury but it is nowhere near as bad as it used to be.”
“Everybody knows the cruciate is a bad injury but it is nowhere near as bad as it used to be.”
“But when Bullard went down at West Ham he ruptured his cruciate which is a completely coincidental injury.”
“What is so ludicrous in the case from last Wednesday was that not only was the person that the police did this too a Premiership footballer, but he was on crutches having undergone a major operation after suffering cruciate ligament damage in the Everton match against Newcastle some weeks ago and the police tried to take his crutches away from him.”
“Essien has struggled at times to reproduce the irrepressible form he enjoyed before suffering cartilage and meniscus damage in his left knee a year ago – he suffered a cruciate ligament injury in the same joint two seasons ago – and has recently been affected by a toe injury.”
The Guardian: Didier Drogba and Michael Essien may be dropped for Chelsea youngsters
“He tore the anterior cruciate ligament on Feb. 22, 2010, and had surgery a few weeks later.”
“Associated Press Robbie Hummel Purdue senior forward Robbie Hummel, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee Saturday for the second time in eight months, plans on redshirting this season and returning next year.”
The Wall Street Journal: Another Knee Injury For Purdue's Hummel
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