Definitions
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- transitive verb obsolete To torture; to excruciate.
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- verb obsolete To
torture ; toexcruciate .
Etymologies
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Latin discruciatus, past participle of discruciare. See cruciate.
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Examples
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Besides, it were well if it were seriously weighed how prejudicial this is even to our health; for discontent, as it doth discruciate the mind, so it doth pine the body.
The Art of Divine Contentment: An Exposition of Philippians 4:11 1653
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