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crucify
(mass) | crucify
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crucify
(encz) | crucify,ukřižovat v: Cascaval |
Crucify
(gcide) | 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.
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They cried, saying, Crucify him, cricify him. --Luke
xxiii. 21.
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2. To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue
completely; to mortify.
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They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh,
with the affections and lusts. --Gal. v. 24.
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3. To vex or torment. --Beau. & FL.
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crucify
(wn) | crucify
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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
crucify
(mass) | crucify
- ukrižovať |
crucify
(encz) | crucify,ukřižovat v: Cascaval |
Crucifying
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
They cried, saying, Crucify him, cricify him. --Luke
xxiii. 21.
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2. To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue
completely; to mortify.
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They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh,
with the affections and lusts. --Gal. v. 24.
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3. To vex or torment. --Beau. & FL.
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crucify
(wn) | crucify
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] |
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