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imbrute
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imbrute, v. t. [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir. Cf. Embrute.].
To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal. [1913 Webster]
"And mixed with bestial slime,
THis essence to incarnate and imbrute." [1913 Webster]
THis essence to incarnate and imbrute." [1913 Webster]
imbrute, v. i.
To sink to the state of a brute. [1913 Webster]
"The soul grows clotted by contagion,
Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose
The divine property of her first being." [1913 Webster]
Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose
The divine property of her first being." [1913 Webster]
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