Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cruciate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. (Bot.) Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of
a cross; cruciform.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cruciate \Cru"ci*ate\ (kr?"sh?-?t), v. t.
To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See {Excruciate}. --Bale.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cruciate
adj : shaped like a cross [syn: {cruciform}]
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