ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED.]

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  1.  Subjected to agony, tortured, in anguish.

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1583.  [See AGONIZE 1].

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1828.  Scott, F. M. Perth, III. 329. ‘He is dead!’ screamed the agonized parent.

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1876.  Green, Short Hist., viii. § 8. 553. The agonized loyalty, which strove to save Charles.

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  2.  Expressing agony, full of distress.

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1853.  Kane, Grinnell Exped., xxxii. (1856), 279. One wild, booming, agonized note.

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1882.  Daily News, 7 March, 5/4. His reading being interrupted by cries of ‘Agreed!’ agonised yawns, and other signs of impatience.

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