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† excarnificate, v. Obs.|ɛkskɑːˈnɪfɪkeɪt|
Also pa. pple. 6 excarnificat.
[f. L. excarnificāt- ppl. stem of excarnificā-re to tear to pieces, f. ex- intensive + carnificāre to cut in pieces, f. carnifex executioner: see carnifex.]
trans. a. To torment, torture, rack. b. To do the office of an executioner upon.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 89/2 Benjamin the deacon..was most miserable excarnificat, having twentie sharpe pricks of reeds thrust under his nails. 1611Coryat Crudities 37 I did euen excarnificate his [my horse's] sides with my often spurring. 1623–6Cockeram Excarnificate, to hang one. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. xiii. 167 The racking and excarnificating their bodies. 1721–1800Bailey Excarnificate, to Butcher, to quarter, or cut one to pieces.
Hence exˌcarnifiˈcation [see -ation], the action of excarnificating or taking away the flesh.
1730–6in Bailey (folio). 1755in Johnson; whence in mod. Dicts. |