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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Browbeat

/broub'-ētˌ/ · Brow·beat · IPA /ˈbɹaʊ.biːt/
01 v. t. To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or a…
imp. Browbeat; p. p. Browbeaten; p. pr. & vb. n. Browbeating
  1. 1.
    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.