Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bruise badly or exceedingly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To bruise sorely or exceedingly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic To
bruise badly or exceedingly.
Etymologies
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From Middle English forbrusen, forbrosen, forbrisen, equivalent to for- + bruise.
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