Imbrute — Defs

01 v. t. To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.

imp. & p. p. Imbruted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbruting

1.
To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
“And mixed with bestial slime, THis essence to incarnate and imbrute.” — Milton.

02 v. i. To sink to the state of a brute.

1.
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.