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noun

Bruise n. An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit. "From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises."

verb

Bruise v. t. (past & past part. bruised; pres. part. bruising)

To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.

To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush. "Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs."

Synonyms: To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse.

Bruise v. i. To fight with the fists; to box. "Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom."

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Etymology of 'Bruise'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bruise" Quotes from Famous Books

... counterpart and complement of that command is binding, too, upon his disciples: Be watchful, and weaken—if possible, kill outright—the germs of evil that are springing from unseen seeds within your own heart and around you in the world. "The God of peace will bruise Satan under your feet shortly:" He will bruise Satan, but Satan must ...

— The Parables of Our Lord • William Arnot

... course he is excuseable, except to the naked eye. Dear me! you have had a bruise on yours. Was Monsieur votre ami ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... lie, how they lie, monk! They don't kill the truth—no, they kick her and bruise her daily, and smear her clean face with their dirt and filth so that no one may recognize her, so that the children may not love her, and so that she may have no refuge. In all the world—yes, monk, in all the world—there is no place ...

— Savva and The Life of Man • Leonid Andreyev

... it was fastened. By its velocity it stove in the state-rooms, and broke several utensils of the cabin furniture. The writer of this, with much difficulty, escaped with whole limbs; but not altogether unhurt, receiving a painful bruise on the right foot: having, however, escaped from the cabin, the people on deck were given to understand that the rum was broken loose. The word rum soon attracted the sailor's attention, and this cask being the ship's only stock, they were not tardy (as may be supposed) ...

— Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy • Anonymous

... Bruise the head of this serpent, as Truth and "the woman" are doing in Christian Science, and it stings your heel, rears its crest proudly, and goes on saying, "Am I not myself? Am I not mind and matter, person and thing?" We should answer: "Yes! you are indeed yourself, and need most of all to be ...

— Unity of Good • Mary Baker Eddy

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