AGONIZE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. To smart and agonize at every pore. Pope.

2.
v.

To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.

3.
v.

To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture. He agonized his mother by his behavior. Thackeray.