tormentare

tormentare [LL] 1 to hurl (projectile) by means of a ballista or other engine. s1304 qui ‥ ultra murum circumferebantur ‥ adeo assidue faces et lapides ~arunt quousque acervos messis ‥ cremarent et ‥ castri edificia ‥ prosternerent Flor. Hist. III 119. 2 to subject to pain, torment, torture. quid fecisti unde nunc ~aris? Alex. Cant. Mir. 46 (II) p. 251; fratres a Decio imperatore pro Christo ~ati Ann. Wav. 145; s1400 [Ricardo] catenis ligato et victualium penuria domino N. S. ipsum ~ante Ad. Usk 42; ubi spiritus sunt ~ati W. Worc. Itin. 68.