Im·brute' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Imbruted ; present participle & verbal noun Imbruting .] [ Prefix im- in + brute : confer French abrutir . Confer Embrute .] To degrade to the state of...
Im·brute' intransitive verb 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. 
• (v. i.) To sink to the state of a brute. • (v. t.) To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
to degrade to the state of a brute