Imbrute

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make brutal

    "It was his belief in his father's indifference or dislike that hardened and imbruted him; it is only when he hears how that father loved him that I now melt his pride and curb his passions."

  2. 2
    To degrade to the state of a brute

    "How deep was the change, made upon the imbruted Asiatics, we may perhaps question."

Example

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"It was his belief in his father's indifference or dislike that hardened and imbruted him; it is only when he hears how that father loved him that I now melt his pride and curb his passions."

Etymology

From im- + brute. Akin to Italian imbruttire, Spanish embrutecer, Catalan embrutar.

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