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tobruise

verb

Etymology

From Middle English tobrusen, tobrisen, from Old English tōbrȳsan (“to bruise, crush, shatter”), equivalent to to- + bruise.

  1. inherited from tōbrȳsan
  2. inherited from tobrusen

Definitions

  1. To bruise up, completely beat or batter

    To bruise up, completely beat or batter; crush; to make numb.

    • Then he brought the monk all tobruised in a sack to S. Benedict, and anon S. Benedict made upon him the sign of the cross, and blessed him and raised him to life, and sent him to the work again.
    • Onely his shield and armour, which there lay, / Though nothing whole, but all tobrusd and broken, [...]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA