\Ex*cru"ci*ate\, a. [L. excruciatus, p. p. of
excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death
on a cross, to torment. See {Cruciate}, {Cross}.]
Excruciated; tortured.
      And here my heart long time excruciate.  --Chapman.

\Ex*cru"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excruciated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Excruciating}.]
To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment
greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.
      Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate.
                                               --Drayton.