contuse

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English

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Etymology

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From (the participle stem of) Latin contundere (pound or beat small), from com- + tundere (beat, thump).

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contuse (third-person singular simple present contuses, present participle contusing, simple past and past participle contused)

  1. (transitive) To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.
    • 1869, St Louis Medical Society, The Medical Archives, volume 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.
    • 2 Nov 2008, Donald Macleod, The Guardian:
      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.

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Italian

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  • IPA(key): /konˈtu.ze/
  • Rhymes: -uze
  • Hyphenation: con‧tù‧se

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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contuse

  1. feminine plural of contuso

Participle

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contuse f pl

  1. feminine plural of contuso

Etymology 2

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Noun

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contuse f

  1. plural of contusa

Etymology 3

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Verb

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contuse

  1. third-person singular past historic of contundere

Latin

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contūse

  1. vocative masculine singular of contūsus