Category:Imbrute

Im*brute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbruted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbruting.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir. Cf. Embrute.]

Defn: To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal. And mixed with bestial slime, This essence to incarnate and imbrute. Milton.

imbrute Im*brute", v. i.

Defn: 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.