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Webster 1913 Edition

Imbrute

Im-brute′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Imbruted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbruting
.]
[Pref.
im-
in +
brute
: cf. F.
abrutir
. Cf.
Embrute
.]
To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
And mixed with bestial slime,
THis essence to incarnate and
imbrute
.
Milton.

Im-brute′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Imbrute

IMBRU'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[in and brute.] To degrade to the state of a brute; to reduce to brutality.
--And mix with bestial slime
This essence to incarnate and imbrute.

IMBRU'TE

,
Verb.
I.
To sink to the state of a brute.

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