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verb · intransitive · rare

cruciate

cruciate · cruciates · cruciated · cruciating

To torture; to tormentTo torture; to torment.

/ˈkɹuː.ʃi.eɪt/

Meaning

1 senses

(obsolete)To torture; to torment.
a. 1680, Joseph Glanvill, on the Preexistence of Souls The thus miserably cruciated spirit must needs quit its unfit habitation.

Origin

From Latin cruciatus.

From Latin cruciatus.

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Forms

cruciates, cruciating, cruciated, cruciated

regular · Lesson

Base form	cruciate · to cruciate
3rd person singular	cruciates
Present participle	cruciating
Past simple	cruciated
Past participle	cruciated

Tenses

cruciate · cruciated · will cruciate · have cruciated

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	cruciate
he, she, it	cruciates

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have cruciated
he, she, it	has cruciated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will cruciate

Past simpleLesson

all persons

cruciated

Word family

1 related words

Relatedexcruciate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

crownA2 crucialB2 crucible crucifix crucifixion crucify

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