Cru'ci-fy, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. CRUCIFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. CRUCIFYING.] [Fr. crucifier, Pr., Sp., & Pg. crucificar, It. crucifiggere, crocifiggere, L. Lat. crucifigere, from Lat. crux, cross, and figere, to fix.]
Sense 1. To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Luke xxiii. 21.
In purple he was crucified, not born. Dryden.
Sense 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.
Sense 3. To vex or torment. [Obs.] Burton.