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cruciate (verb), cruciates; cruciated; cruciating
1. To torture or to torment someone on a cross.
2. Insects that are crossing their wings.
3. Plants arranging their stems and leaves into forms of crosses.
2. Insects that are crossing their wings.
3. Plants arranging their stems and leaves into forms of crosses.
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cruciate (adjective), more cruciate, most cruciate
1. Arranged in or forming a cross; cruciform.
2. Overlapping or crossing, as the wings of some insects when at rest.
3. Shaped like a cross: the cruciate ligaments of the knee.
2. Overlapping or crossing, as the wings of some insects when at rest.
3. Shaped like a cross: the cruciate ligaments of the knee.
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