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contuse, v.|kənˈtjuːz|
[f. L. contūs-, ppl. stem of contundĕre: see contund.]
1. trans. To injure as by a blow with a blunt instrument or heavy body, without breaking the skin; to bruise.
1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 F ij b, Yf the flesshe be contused or cut. 1676Wiseman Surgery (J.), The ligature contuses the lips in cutting them. 1767Poetry in Ann. Reg. 231 The forceful onset had contus'd his brain. 1843Lytton Last Bar. i. iv, A patient so contused should lose blood.
transf.a1699J. Kirkton Hist. Ch. Scot. vii. (1817) 296 A book which had been contused by a pistoll ball.
†2. To pound, beat small, bray, crush, bruise.
1552Huloet, Anaxarchus..beynge contused or stamped in a morter with Iron pestles. 1626Bacon Sylva §574 Their Roots, Barks, and Seeds, contused together.
Hence contused ppl. a., bruised.
1747Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) 118 Contused or lacerated Wounds. 1860Motley Netherl. (1868) I. v. 19 With no further harm than a contused shoulder. |