tocrush

English

Etymology

From Middle English cruschen (“to crush, smash, squeeze, squash”), from Old French croissir (“to crush”), from Late Latin *cruscio (“to brush”), from Frankish *krostjan (“to crush, squeeze, squash”), equivalent to to- +‎ crush.

Verb

tocrush (third-person singular simple present tocrushes, present participle tocrushing, simple past and past participle tocrushed)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To crush to pieces.
    • Nicholas Udall (1542)
      I will at one stroke all tocrush thy bed to powder.

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