Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CRU'CI-FY, v.t. [L. crucifigo; crux, cross, and figo, to fix; Fr. crucifer; It. crocifiggere; Sp. crucificar.]

1. To nail to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet, sometimes anciently, by fastening a criminal to a tree, with cords. – Encyc. But they cried, crucify him, crucify him. – Luke xxiii.
2. In scriptural language, to subdue; to mortify; to destroy the power or ruling influence of. They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. – Gal. v.
3. To reject and despise. They crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh. – Heb. vi. To be crucified with Christ, is to become dead to the law and to sin, and to have indwelling corruption subdued. – Gal. ii and vi.
4. To vex or torment. [Not used.] – Burton.