CONTUND
\kəntˈʌnd], \kəntˈʌnd], \k_ə_n_t_ˈʌ_n_d]\
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kon-tund', v.t. to bruise or pound.--v.t. CONT[=U]SE', to beat or bruise: to crush.--n. CONT[=U]'SION, act of bruising; state of being bruised; a bruise.--adj. CONT[=U]'SIVE, apt to bruise. [L. contund[)e]re, contusum--con, and tund[)e]re, to bruise.]
By Thomas Davidson