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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(archaic) To bruise up, completely beat or batter; crush; to make numb..
Then he brought the monk all tobruised in a sack to S. Benedict, and anon S. Benedict made upon him the sign of the cross, and blessed him and raised him to life, and sent him to the work again.
Onely his shield and armour, which there lay, / Though nothing whole, but all tobrusd and broken, [...]
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Tobruise means (archaic) To bruise up, completely beat or batter; crush; to make numb..
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Then he brought the monk all tobruised in a sack to S. Benedict, and anon S. Benedict made upon him the sign of the cross, and blessed him and raised him to life, and sent him to the work again.
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