Browbeat \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.
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My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W.
Irving.
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