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imbruted

imbruted is the simple past and past participle of imbrute.

Meaning of imbrute

Verb

imbrute (third-person singular simple present imbrutes, present participle imbruting, simple past and past participle imbruted)

  1. To make brutal
    • It was his belief in his father's indifference or dislike that hardened and imbruted him; it is only when he hears how that father loved him that I now melt his pride and curb his passions.1849, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Caxtons, Complete
  2. To degrade to the state of a brute
    • How deep was the change, made upon the imbruted Asiatics, we may perhaps question.1905, Various, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2

Questions about imbruted

What is imbruted the simple past and past participle of?
Imbruted is the simple past and past participle of imbrute.

Words near imbruted in the dictionary

  1. imbruement
  2. imbruements
  3. imbrues
  4. imbruing
  5. imbrute
  6. imbruted
  7. imbrutement
  8. imbrutes
  9. imbruting
  10. imbu
  11. imbue

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