imbrute

or em·brute

[im-broot]

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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

First recorded in 1625–35; im-¹ + brute¹

Related formsim·brute·ment, em·brute·ment, noun

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Related Words for imbrute

brutalize, automate, automatize, barbarize, imbrute, robotize

Examples from the Web for imbrute

Historical Examples of imbrute

Imbrute (said to have been coined by Milton) is also intransitive; in Par.
Milton's Comus
John Milton
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 Thoreau
Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features; any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
James Wood