† ˈcross-fixed, pa. pple. Obs.
[cross- 2.; after L. crucifixus.]
Fixed on a cross, crucified.
a 1618 Sylvester Mysterie of Myst., The Sonne 29 Tempted, tormented, mockt, condemn'd, Crosse-fixed, dead, buried. 1849 J. A. Carlyle Dante's Inferno xxiii. 280 To my eyes came one [Caiaphas] cross-fixed [crocifisso] in the ground with three stakes. |