Cruciate

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  • adjective. Arranged in or forming a cross; cruciform.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Overlapping or crossing, as the wings of some insects when at rest.
  • adjective. Shaped like a cross.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To torture; torment; afflict with extreme pain or distress; excruciate.
  • noun. An obsolete form of crusade.
  • Tormented; excruciated.
  • In botany, having the form of a cross with equal arms, as the flowers of mustard, etc.; cruciform: applied also to tetraspores of red marine algæ. See tetraspore.
  • In zöol., crucial or cruciform; crossed or cross-shaped; specifically, in entomology, crossing each other diagonally in repose, as the wings of many hymenopterous insects and the hemelytra of the Heteroptera.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See excruciate.
  • adjective. Tormented.
  • adjective. Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. In the form of a cross; cruciform.
  • adjective. Overlapping or crossing.
  • verb. To torture; to torment.
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  • adjective. shaped like a cross
  • Word Usage
    "Carlisle, who admits he has been an "addict" of the show since childhood, had previously failed an audition during a long-term cruciate ligament injury lay-off from January 2001 to September 2002."
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