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Agonize

Ag'o-nīze, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. AGONIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. AGONIZING.] [Fr. agoniser, L. Lat. agonizare; Gr. ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἀγωνίζω. See AGONY.] To writhe with agony; to feel extreme pain; to suffer violent anguish.

To smart and agonize at every pore. Pope.

Ag'o-nīze, v. t.

verbtransitive

To cause to suffer agony; to distress with extreme pain; to torture.

He agonized his mother by his behavior. Thackeray.