'Cruciate' definitions:
Definition of 'Cruciate'
From: GCIDE
- Cruciate \Cru"ci*ate\ (kr?"sh?-?t), v. t. To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate. --Bale. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cruciate'
From: GCIDE
- Cruciate \Cru"ci*ate\ (kr?"sh?-?t or -sh?t; 106), a. [L. cruciatus, p. p. of cruciare to crucify, torture, fr. crux, crucis, a cross. See Cross.]
- 1. Tormented. [Obs.] --Bale. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform. [1913 Webster]