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debruise

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de⋅bruise

  [duh-brooz, dee-]
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–verb (used with object), -bruised, -bruis⋅ing. Heraldry.
to overlay (a charge) other than an ordinary with an ordinary.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME debrusen, debrisen to break down, crush < OF debr(u)isier, equiv to de- de- + bruisier to break; see bruise
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