Dictionary

cruciate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹuː.ʃi.ət/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɹuː.si.ət/

Etymology

From Latin cruciatus.

Meanings

1. In the form of a cross.
   • Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone. 2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN:
   • Near-synonym: X-shaped (not always differentiable)
2. Overlapping or crossing.
3. (obsolete) Tormented.
   • Immediately I was so cruciate, that I desired— death to take me. 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
   • In this life are they cruciate with a troublous and doubtfull conscience. 1550, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:

Forms

Antonyms

noncruciform

Deriveds

cruciate muscle · pericruciate · cruciate ligament · cruciate sulcus · cruciately · anterior cruciate ligament · cruciate eminence · cruciate anastomosis · postcruciate · cruciate crural ligament

Synonyms

cross-shaped · X-shaped · cruciform

cruciate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹuː.si.eɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɹuː.ʃi.eɪt/

Etymology

From Latin cruciatus.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) To torture; to torment.
   • They vexed, tormented, and cruciated the weake consciences of men. 1550, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:
   • a. 1680, Joseph Glanvill, on the Preexistence of Souls The thus miserably cruciated spirit must needs quit its unfit habitation.

Forms

Relateds

excruciate