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单词 imbrute
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imbrute

or em·brute

[ im-broot ]
/ ɪmˈbrut /
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verb (used with or without object), im·brut·ed, im·brut·ing.

to degrade or sink to the level of a brute.

Origin of imbrute

First recorded in 1625–35; im-1 + brute1

OTHER WORDS FROM imbrute

im·brute·ment, em·brute·ment, noun

Words nearby imbrute

imbrication, imbroglio, Imbros, imbrown, imbrue, imbrute, imbue, IMCO, IMechE, Imena, IMF
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Example sentences from the Web for imbrute

  • Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features; any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

    Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
  • Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

    Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience|Henry David Thoreau
  • Imbrute (said to have been coined by Milton) is also intransitive; in Par.

    Milton's Comus|John Milton
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