Contuse

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contuse \Con*tuse"\ (k[o^]n*t[=u]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Contused} (k[o^]n*t[=u]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contusing}.]
     [L. contusus, p. p. of contundere to beat, crush; con- +
     tundere to beat, akin to Skr. tud (for stud) to strike, Goth.
     stautan. See {Stutter}.]
     1. To beat, pound, or bray together.


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              Roots, barks, and seeds contused together. --Bacon.
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     2. To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without
        breaking the skin.
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     {Contused wound}, a wound attended with bruising.
        [1913 Webster] contused

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  contuse
       v : injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my
           knee" [syn: {bruise}]