a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. cruent-us bloody, f. cru- root of cruor blood (from a wound).] Bloody; fig. cruel.
1524. St. Papers Hen. VIII., VI. 350. With a cruent and blody hand.
1541. R. Copland, Galyen’s Terapeut., 2 Civ b. [An] vlcere … that is cruent and full of blode.
1657. Phys. Dict., Cruent, bloody.
Hence † Cruently adv., cruelly.
c. 1380. Antecrist, in Todd, 3 Treat. Wyclif, 120. What is it þenne þat shal encreese cruentlier in þise tourmentis?
