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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To pierce or stab (as with a lance), to lance.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lancinate \Lan"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lancinated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lancinating .] [L. lancinatus, p. p. of lancinare to fear.] To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab. --De Quincey.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn: cutting , keen , knifelike , ...