CONTUSE

bruise, contuse

(verb) injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; “I bruised my knee”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.

Anagrams

• Scouten, consute, countes, econuts

Source: Wiktionary

Con*tuse", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contused; p.pr. & vb.n. Contusing.] Etym: [L. contusus, p.p. of contundere to beat, crush; con- + tundere to beat, akin to Skr. tud (for stud) to strike, Goth. stautan. See Stutter.]

1. To beat, pound, or together. Roots, barks, and seeds contused together. Bacon.

2. To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin. Contused wound, a wound attended with bruising.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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