contuse

American

[kuhn-tooz, -tyooz] / kənˈtuz, -ˈtyuz /

verb (used with object)

contused, contusing

to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.

contuse British

/ kənˈtjuːz /

verb

(tr) to injure (the body) without breaking the skin; bruise

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Other Word Forms

contusive

adjective

Etymology

Origin of contuse

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin contūsus, past participle of contundere “to bruise, crush,” equivalent to con- “with, together” + tud- (root with nasal infix of tundere “to beat”) + -tus past participle suffix, with -dt- becoming -s- ; see con-

Example Sentences

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In this geographical dissertation the word Niger is still used, which is a name altogether unknown in Africa, and calculated to contuse the geographical enquirer.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey

No bald Mare my Gammon shall contuse again by one more Toss.

From The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany Parts 2, 3 and 4 by Novak, Maximillian E.

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