ImĀ·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. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/12
ImĀ·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... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/12