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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tobruise .
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Examples
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Constantius angry, and delivered Eusebius to the will of the Arians, and anon they drew him from the middle of the bishops and beat him cruelly, and drew him from the highest of the palace by the steps down to the lowest, and from the lowest to the highest, unto the time that his head was all tobruised and bled much blood, and yet he would not consent to them.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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Then they brought the monk, all tobruised, in a sack to S. Benet, and anon S. Benet made upon him the sign of the cross and blessed him, and raised him to life and sent him to the work again.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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