tobruise

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Definition of tobruise in English English dictionary

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

Onely his shield and armour, which there lay, / Though nothing whole, but all tobrusd and broken,.

Etymology

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