Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of torturing; torment; excruciation.
- noun The state of being cruciate or cruciform; decussation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of torturing; torture; torment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
torture ;torment
Etymologies
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Latin cruciatio.
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