imbrute
or em·brute
[ im-broot ]
verb (used with or without object),im·brut·ed, im·brut·ing.
to degrade or sink to the level of a brute.
Origin of imbrute
1Other words from imbrute
- im·brute·ment, em·brute·ment, noun
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How to use imbrute in a sentence
Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features; any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.
Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience | Henry David Thoreauimbrute (said to have been coined by Milton) is also intransitive; in Par.
Milton's Comus | John Milton
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