单词 | brutify |
释义 | brutifyv. 1. a. transitive. To render brute-like; to brutalize. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > deprive of human qualities > brutalize bestialize1610 unman1626 bestiate1628 embrutish1639 imbrutish1639 bebeast1640 imbrute1640 beast1646 brutify1668 brutalizea1704 embrutalize1876 1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous xviii. 337 Religion doth not brutify men. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. ii. v. §2 Hopeless slavery effectually brutifies the intellect. b. absol. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degenerate [verb (intransitive)] > become like a brute brutize1607 imbrute1637 brutalize1716 brutify1819 1819 Scotsman 9 Jan. 14/3 Their tendency..is to debase and brutify. 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art I. 68 Sin..degrades and brutifies. 2. intransitive. To become brute-like. ΚΠ 1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy II. 19 Man unwatched by man brutified for very want of observance. Derivatives ˈbrutifying n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective] > making brutalizing1803 bestializing1813 brutifying1816 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] > inhumanly > rendering abrutalizing1795 brutalizing1803 brutifying1816 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited iv. 56 Measures that were both savage and brutifying. 1831 E. E. Crowe Hist. France III. ix. 275 A course of brutifying study. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1668 |
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