Definition of Browbiat
Brow"beat` (&?;), v. t.
[imp. Browbeat; p. p.
Browbeaten (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Browbeating.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern
looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or
disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to
browbeat witnesses.
My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten.
W. Irving.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (transitive) To intimidate, bully or boss around
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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