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verb

Wound v. t. (past & past part. wounded; pres. part. wounding)

To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like. "The archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers."

To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to. "When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ."

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"Wounded" Quotes from Famous Books

... Having wounded one of these animals in the lateral part of the belly, we held him with lines fixed to the spears; he then began to describe a very narrow curve, and irritated by the cries of the people that were in the boats, ran off with a moderate velocity. To the first ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 • Various

... was fallen into a kind of trance, but hearing every moment cries of "To arms! To us, comrades! We are undone!" joined to the cries and imprecations of the wounded and the dying, he was soon roused from his lethargy. The increasing confusion made him sensible that it was necessary to be upon his guard. Armed with his sabre, he assembled some of his workmen on the front of the ...

— Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 • J. B. Henry Savigny and Alexander Correard

... said Elza, smiling. "I think I shall prove my loyalty when dangers and war beset us. I shall establish here in the castle a hospital for our wounded, and the women of Windisch-Matrey will assist me, scrape lint, and help me to nurse the wounded. For without wounds and bloodshed we shall not recover our independence, and the Bavarians will not suffer themselves to be driven from the country without offering the most obstinate ...

— Andreas Hofer • Lousia Muhlbach

... near, beating down countless thousands of the young and old birds from their nests and roosts with long poles at night, and in the morning driving their bands of hogs, some of them brought from farms a hundred miles distant, to fatten on the dead and wounded ...

— The Story of My Boyhood and Youth • John Muir

... Selina, quickly hiding the wounded hand. "You moved so quick I hadn't time to draw away. That ...

— The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig • David Graham Phillips

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