Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact.

    The blow will concuss him.

    injure the brain; sustain a concussion

  2. To force to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Mary found herself, rather unfortunately, concussed.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Latin concussus, the perfect passive participle of concutiō (“shake violently”), from

From Latin concussus, the perfect passive participle of concutiō (“shake violently”), from con- + quatiō (“shake, hit”).

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Forms

concusses, concussing, concussed, concussed
Base formconcuss · to concuss
3rd person singularconcusses
Present participleconcussing
Past simpleconcussed
Past participleconcussed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyconcuss
he, she, itconcusses

Past simpleLesson

all personsconcussed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave concussed
he, she, ithas concussed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill concuss

Word family

2 related words
Relatedconcussion
Derivedconcussive

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
concreteB2concubineconcurC1concussioncondemnB2condemnationcondensationC2
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