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Browbeat
Brow′beatˊ
,Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Browbeat
; p. p.
Browbeaten
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Browbeating
.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully;
as, to
. browbeat
witnessesMy grandfather was not a man to be
browbeaten
. W. Irving.