tobruise

verb

1. To bruise up, completely beat or batter; crush; to make numb.

   archaic

   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.

Where it comes from

From Middle English tobrusen, tobrisen, from Old English tōbrȳsan (“to bruise, crush, shatter”), equivalent to to- + bruise.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry tobruise (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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