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Webster 1913 Edition
Contuse
Con-tuse′
(kŏn-tūz′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Contused
(kŏn-tūzd′)
; 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.
Roots, barks, and seeds
contused
together. Bacon.
2.
To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin.
Contused wound
, a wound attended with bruising.
Webster 1828 Edition
Contuse
CONTUSE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
contuse
contuse
English
Verb
contuse (third-person singular simple present contuses, present participle contusing, simple past and past participle contused)
- (transitive) To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.
- 1869, St Louis Medical Society, The Medical Archives, vol. III:
- How many uteruses, vaginas and perineums, suppose you, would we have to contuse and lacerate before we acquired the amount of skill and dexterity to which the gentlemen who advocate the forceps have attained?
- 1965, John Fowles, The Magus:
- His mouth had been struck or kicked. The lips were severely contused, reddened.
- 2008, Donald Macleod, The Guardian, 2 Nov 2008:
- This would have to be followed by a calculation of 'reasonable force', knowing that any bruising, scratching or contusing would expose me to a charge of assault.
- 1869, St Louis Medical Society, The Medical Archives, vol. III:
Translations
To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise
Italian
Adjective
contuse
- feminine plural of contuso
Noun
contuse f
- plural of contusa
Verb
contuse
- third-person singular past historic of contundere
- feminine plural of contuso