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contuse
verb
(
contus, ing
)
to bruise
1965
: His mouth had been struck or kicked. The lips were severely
contused
, reddened. " John Fowles,
The Magus
Etymology:
Latin
contus-
past participle stem of contundere "pound or beat small", from com- + tundere "beat, thump".
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