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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRUCIFY, v.t. [L., cross, to fix.]
1. To nail to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet, sometimes anciently, by fastening a criminal to a tree, with cords.
But they cried, crucify him, crucify him. Luke 23.
2. In scriptural language, to subdue; to mortify; to destroy the power or ruling influence of.
They that are Christs have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. Galatians 5.
3. To reject and despise.
They crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh. Hebrews 6.
To be crucified with Christ, is to become dead to the law and to sin, and to have indwelling corruption subdued. Galatians 2 and 6.
4. To vex or torment. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate]
3: hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh" [syn: mortify, subdue, crucify]
4: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: savage, blast, pillory, crucify]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-fied; -fying) Etymology: Middle English crucifien, from Anglo-French crucifier, from Late Latin crucifigere Date: 14th century 1. to put to death by nailing or binding the wrists or hands and feet to a cross 2. to destroy the power of ; mortify <crucify the flesh> 3. a. to treat cruelly ; torment b. pillory 2 • crucifier noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 put to death by fastening to a cross. 2 a cause extreme pain to. b persecute, torment. c sl. defeat thoroughly in an argument, match, etc. Derivatives: crucifier n. Etymology: ME f. OF crucifier f. LL crucifigere (as CRUCIFIX)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crucify Cru"ci*fy (-f?), v. t. [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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(crucifies, crucifying, crucified) 1. If someone is crucified, they are killed by being tied or nailed to a cross and left to die. ...the day that Christ was crucified. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed 2. To crucify someone means to criticize or punish them severely. (INFORMAL) She'll crucify me if she finds you still here... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Put to death upon the cross. 2. Torture, sacrifice, immolate, annihilate, exterminate. 3. Subdue (as the passions, by Christian principles), overcome, mortify.

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