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Cruciate

Cruciate Meaning & Definition
Cruciate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cruciate?

[adj] shaped like a cross

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cruciate: cruciform | symmetric | symmetrical

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Cruciate In Webster's Dictionary

\Cru"ci*ate\ (kr?"sh?-?t or -sh?t; 106), a. [L. cruciatus, p. p. of cruciare to crucify, torture, fr. crux, crucis, a cross. See {Cross}.] 1. Tormented. [Obs.] --Bale. 2. (Bot.) Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform.
\Cru"ci*ate\ (kr?"sh?-?t), v. t. To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See {Excruciate}. --Bale.

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