The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Browbeat \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.
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         My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W.
                                                  Irving.
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