Bruise: alternatives and connections

To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.

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To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.

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Vexation; mortification.

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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

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To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify.

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The act of leaping on; onset; attack.

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A kind of frock for children.

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To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.

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To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

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Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal stin…

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To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

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Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

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To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

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To call out; to summon forth.

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

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Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong,…

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To bring forth young.

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To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Serious emotional harm caused by a distressing event.

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of Wind

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A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.

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Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. The common house mouse (Mus…

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That which shines.

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One who, or that which, bruises.

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One who, or that which, bruises.

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See Offense.

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See Offense.

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Alt. of Offence

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Alt. of Offence

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Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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To beat, pound, or together.

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The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.

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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

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To strike against; to attack; to assail.

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Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.

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of Wind

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