imbrute

[ im-broot ]

/ ɪmˈbrut /

to degrade or sink to the level of a brute.

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

im·brute·ment, em·brute·ment, noun

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
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
Imbrute (said to have been coined by Milton) is also intransitive; in Par.
Milton's Comus|John Milton