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Definition of Agonise
1. Verb. Cause to agonize. "The bad news will agonise him"
Generic synonyms: Anguish, Hurt, Pain
Causes: Agonize
Derivative terms: Agony, Agony
2. Verb. Suffer agony or anguish.
Definition of Agonise
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of agonize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Agonise
1. to agonize [v -NISED, -NISING, -NISES] - See also: agonize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agonise
Literary usage of Agonise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jean Talon, intendant de la Nouvelle-France (1665-1672) by Thomas Chapais (1904)
"Louis XIV et Colbert tournent leurs regards vers le Canada, qui agonise—La mission
de Pierre Boucher—L'épître du Père LeJeune.—Un changement de régime. ..."
2. The Bulwark, Or, Reformation Journal: In Defence of the True Interests of by Scottish Reformation Society (1883)
"... or agonise, to enter in at the strait gate '—the one is ' agonise,' the other
is ' earnestly agonise '—and surely this indicates a degree of exertion iu ..."
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