brow-beat

See also: browbeat

English

Verb

brow-beat (third-person singular simple present brow-beats, present participle brow-beating, simple past brow-beat, past participle brow-beaten)

1. Alternative spelling of browbeat
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     Man is brow-beaten, leashed, muzzled, masked, and lashed by boards and councils, by leagues and societies, by church and state.