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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
agonize
    v 1: cause to agonize [syn: agonize, agonise]
    2: suffer agony or anguish [syn: agonize, agonise]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Agonized; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Agonizing.] [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr. ?.
   See Agony.]
   1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
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            To smart and agonize at every pore.   --Pope.
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   2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, v. t.
   To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to
   torture.
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         He agonized his mother by his behavior.  --Thackeray.
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Thesaurus Results for agonize:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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