Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Contuse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contuse \Con*tuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contused}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Contusing}.] [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contuse
v : injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my
knee" [syn: {bruise}]
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