transitive. To brutalize, debase. Also: to change (someone or something) into the form or nature of a beast.

transitive. To reduce below the level of man in respect of moral or spiritual qualities; to degrade, brutalize. Frequently reflexive. Now rare.

transitive. To bestialize, debase.

transitive. = imbrute, v.

= imbrute, v. 1.

transitive. To make a beast of.

transitive. To degrade to the level of a brute; to make bestial, brutalize.

transitive. To reduce (a person) to the status of a beast or animal. Obsolete.

transitive. To render brute-like; to brutalize.

transitive. To render brutal or inhuman; to imbue with a brutal nature.

transitive. To render brutal.