brusque

1. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner.Examples: "Had this been done, Denine had not been bruſqued and carried by Villars at the firſt aſſault, […]"; "He was indefatigable while he stayed and took true pains, but he brusqued the ministers too much, and I found after he was gone that he had thereby given more offense than I could have imagined."; "Not that I suspect you of thus brusquing matters. It is rather my own fault where, which is too often the case, I am not too negligent about the spiritual concerns of my friends."archaictransitive