Tobruise
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Tobruise is a verb meaning (archaic) To bruise up, completely beat or batter; crush; to make numb.
Meaning
(archaic) To bruise up, completely beat or batter; crush; to make numb.
Example Sentences
Onely his shield and armour, which there lay, / Though nothing whole, but all tobrusd and broken, [...]
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.
Word Forms
- tobruises
- tobruising
- tobruised
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tobeat, brake, throb, bung, bruise, tromp.
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