2 entries under this word

Imbrute

Im-brūte', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. IMBRUTED; p. pr. & vb. n. IMBRUTING.] [Prefix im and brute. Cf. Sp. embrutar, embrutecer, It. imbrutire, abbrutire, Fr. abrutir.] To degrade to the state of a brute; to reduce to brutality.

And mix with bestial slime, This essence to incarnate and imbrute. Milton.

Im-brute', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 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.