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intuse

intuse noun: a bruise; a contusion.

Noun

intuse (plural intuses)

  1. (obsolete) A bruise; a contusion.
    • The flesh therewith she suppled and did steepe, To abate all spasm and soke the swelling bruzé; And, after having searcht the intuse deepe, She with her scarf did bind the wound.1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book), Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 33

Forms of intuse

pluralintuses

Origin of intuse

From Latin intundere (“to bruise”), from in- (“in”) + tundere, tusum (“to beat, bruise”).

Questions about intuse

What does intuse mean?
Intuse means a bruise; a contusion.
What part of speech is intuse?
Intuse is a noun.
What is the plural of intuse?
The plural of intuse is intuses.

Words near intuse in the dictionary

  1. inturn
  2. inturned
  3. inturning
  4. inturns
  5. Intusan
  6. intuse
  7. intuses
  8. intussuscept
  9. intussuscepted
  10. intussuscepting
  11. intussusception

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