\Im*brute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbruted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Imbruting}.] [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F. abrutir.
Cf. {Embrute}.]
To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
      And mixed with bestial slime, THis essence to incarnate
      and imbrute.                             --Milton.

\Im*brute"\, v. i.
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.