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2. The state of one who is nailed or
fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.

3. Intense suffering or affliction;
painful trial.

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What crucifixions are in love?

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Cru"ci*form (kr?"s?-f?rm), a. [L.
crux, crucis, cress + -form: cf. F.
cruciforme.] Cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four
parts arranged in the form of a cross.

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.


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