Im*brute", 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.Im*brute" (?), v. 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.