Torture, whitch had always been deciared illegal, and which had
recently been declared illegal even by the servile judges of that age,
was inflicted for the last time in England in the month of May, 1640.
Macaulay.
Tor"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tortured (&?;; 135); p. pr. & vb. n.
Torturing.] [Cf. F. Torturer. ] 1. To put to torture; to pain
extremely; to harass; to vex.
2. To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an
accused person. Shak.