Obs. [ad. L. excruciātus, pa. pple. of excruciāre: see next.] a. = EXCRUCIATED ppl. a. ¶ b. = EXCRUCIATING ppl. a.
a. 1616. Beaum. & Fl., Queene of Corinth, III. i. (1647), 13/2 (W.). Would she sit thus then Excruciate?
1615. Chapman, Odyss., VII. 398/106. My heart (long time excruciate) Amongst the leaues I rested all that night.
1773. J. Ross, Fratricide (MS.), II. 620. Excruciate pains Seiz’d on our Father’s frame.
