Available Definitions:
1) n. - The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions.
2) 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 abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses.