He had a contused wound on the forehead half an inch across. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
No bald Mare my Gammon shall contuse again by one more Toss. From Wordnik.com. [The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany Parts 2, 3 and 4] Reference
The lesser degree of penetrative power, and increased capacity to contuse, possessed by such fragments are obvious. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
In this geographical dissertation the word Niger is still used, which is a name altogether unknown in Africa, and calculated to contuse the geographical enquirer. From Wordnik.com. [An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa] Reference
In fact, at the root-of the problem are the exaggerated importance attached to credits and certification, the educational monopoly claimed by schools, the tendency to "contuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new". From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
But if you contuse to make wild horse preserves of it. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Concealed, especially for an evil purpose. contuse v. To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin. covey n. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
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