cruciate
AdjectiveSynonyms:
cruciform
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- shaped like a crossSynonyms: cruciformOpposite asymmetricSimilar symmetrical, symmetric
Word of the day · Oct 19About this word
notoriousadjective
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Cru′ci·ate (kr?′sh?-?t or -sh?t; 106), adjective
Origin: L. cruciatus, p. p. of cruciare to crucify, torture, fr. crux, crucis, a cross. See Cross.
1. Tormented. obsolete John Bale
2. Botany Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform.
Cru′ci·ate (kr?′sh?-?t), transitive verb
To torture; to torment. obsolete See Excruciate. John Bale
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54