imbrute

[ im-broot ]

/ ɪmˈbrut /

to degrade or sink to the level of a brute.

Origin of imbrute

First recorded in 1625–35; im-¹ + brute¹

im·brute·ment, em·brute·ment, noun

imbrication, imbroglio, imbros, imbrown, imbrue, imbrute, imbue, imco, imeche, imena, imf

Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features; any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources |James Wood
Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience |Henry David Thoreau
Imbrute (said to have been coined by Milton) is also intransitive; in Par.

Milton's Comus |John Milton