concuss
verbUK /kənˈkʌs/ · Northern-England /kənˈkʊs/
Etymology From Latin concussus, the perfect passive participle of concutiō (“shake violently”), from con- + quatiō (“shake, hit”).
1
To injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact.
- The blow will concuss him.
2
Law 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:
- Derived terms
- concussion, concussive, deconcuss, subconcuss