discruciate

verb

1. To torture (someone); to excruciate.

   obsolete, transitive

   Sorrovves divided amongſt many, leſſe / Diſcruciate a man in deep diſtreſſe.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry discruciate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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