Im*brute" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbruted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbruting.] [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir. Cf. Embrute.]
To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
And mixed with bestial slime,
THis essence to incarnate and imbrute.
Milton.
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Im*brute", v. i.
To sink to the state of a brute.
The soul grows clotted by contagion,
Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose
The divine property of her first being.
Milton.
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