From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crucify \Cru"ci*fy\ (-f?), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Crucified} (-f?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crucifying}.] [F. crucifier, fr. (assumed) LL. crucificare, for crucifigere, fr, L. crux, crucis, cross + figere to fix, the ending -figere being changed to -ficare, F. -fier (in compounds), as if fr. L. facere to do, make. See {Cross}, and {Fix}, and cf. {Crucifix}.]
1. To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
They cried, saying, Crucify him, cricify him. --Luke xxiii. 21.
2. To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.
They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. --Gal. v. 24.
3. To vex or torment. --Beau. & FL.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {bedevil}, {dun}, {frustrate}]
3: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: {savage}, {pillory}] [also: {crucified}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "crucified": afflicted, agonized, clawed, convulsed, distressed, harrowed, hurt, hurting, in distress, in pain, lacerated, lancinated, martyred, martyrized, on the rack, pained, racked, ripped, savaged, suffering, tormented, tortured, twisted, under the harrow, wounded, wrung
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