imbrute

or em·brute

[ im-broot ]

verb (used with or without object)

, im·brut·ed, im·brut·ing.

1. to degrade or sink to the level of a brute.

Other Words From

• im·brutement em·brutement noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of imbrute¹

First recorded in 1625–35; im- ¹ + brute ¹

Example Sentences

Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features; any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

From Project Gutenberg

Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

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Imbrute (said to have been coined by Milton) is also intransitive; in Par.

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