concusses

Verb

concuss (third-person singular simple present concusses, present participle concussing, simple past and past participle concussed)

1. (transitive) To injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact.
   • The blow will concuss him.
2. To force to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.
   • The opposite principle , or rather the opposite practice of intrusion , is the reverse of this : it consists in concussing the Presbytery to ordain , and in concussing the people to receive.1840, James Buchanan, The Scriptural Argument for Non-Intrusion Considered