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imbrute
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Definition:1. To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.2. To sink to the state of a brute.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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And mixed with bestial slime, This essence to incarnate and imbrute.
Milton.
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His wondrous words and pious prayers had struck upon the hearts of the imbruted blacks, who had been the instruments of cruelty upon him; and, the instant Legree withdrew, they took him down, and, in their ignorance, sought to call him back to life,—as if that were any favor to him.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin
Milton.
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His wondrous words and pious prayers had struck upon the hearts of the imbruted blacks, who had been the instruments of cruelty upon him; and, the instant Legree withdrew, they took him down, and, in their ignorance, sought to call him back to life,—as if that were any favor to him.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin
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