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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Brow·beat·ing, n. The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions.
    The imperious browbeatings and scorn of great men.   --L'Estrange.
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