"concuss" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kənˈkʌs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɒn.kʌs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kənˈkʊs/ [Northern-England], /ˈkɒn.kʊs/ [Northern-England] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-concuss.wav [Southern-England] Forms: concusses [present, singular, third-person], concussing [participle, present], concussed [participle, past], concussed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌs Etymology: From Latin concussus, the perfect passive participle of concutiō (“shake violently”), from con- + quatiō (“shake, hit”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|concussus}} Latin concussus Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Translations (injure the brain): een hersenschudding veroorzaken (Dutch), door elkaar schudden (Dutch), concusionar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-concuss-en-verb-wOgHjgrU Disambiguation of 'injure the brain': 98 2
  2. (law) To force to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.
    Sense id: en-concuss-en-verb-RfQO84C2 Categories (other): Law, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 77 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: concussion, concussive, deconcuss, subconcuss

Inflected forms

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