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IMBRUTE
Etymology
Verb
imbrute (third-person singular simple present imbrutes, present participle imbruting, simple past and past participle imbruted)
To make brutal
To degrade to the state of a brute
Anagrams
• terbium
Source: Wiktionary
Im*brute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbruted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbruting.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir. Cf. Embrute.]
Definition: To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal. And mixed with bestial slime, This essence to incarnate and imbrute. Milton.
Im*brute", v. i.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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