contund

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verb

To bruise or pound.

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Meanings

verbcontund (third-person singular simple present contunds, present participle contunding, simple past and past participle contunded)

present singular third person contunds · participle present contunding · participle past contunded · past contunded

  1. archaictransitiveTo bruise or pound.

    The material of this coat, though liberally scored and contunded, especially in the rear, was so thick, and so strong, that it remained exempt from perforation, in the strict meaning of the word, nor was its thread elsewhere exposed, than at the seat, and elbows.

    1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
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APA

contund. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contund

MLA

“contund.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contund. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contund,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contund.

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