imbrute

• POS: Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: im=brute

CIDE DICTIONARY

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]

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]