Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-TUSE'
CON-TUSE', v.t. [s as z. L. contusus, contundo.]
To beat; to bruise; to injure the flesh or substance of a living being or other thing without breaking the skin or substance, sometimes with a breach of the skin or substance. – Bacon.
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