agonizant (agonizant)

[ duty it is to offer prayers for the dying, and more especially to a ist and pray for criminals under sentence of death. agonize (ag'ō-niz), v.; pret. and pp. agonized, ppr. agonizing. [ F.agoniser, To smart and agonise at every pore. Pope, E ay on Man, i. 198. II. trans. To distre with extreme pain; IMG:content-0411.png:[graphic] torture. He agonized his mother by his behaviour. Thackeray. Also spelled agonise. agonizingly (ag'ō-ni-zing-li), adv. In an agonizing manner; with extreme anguish. Also spelled agonisingly.