the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
verb-intransitive. To sink to the state of a brute.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
See embrute.
Word Usage
"God gave them as men and encourage and assist them to become all He has made them capable of being, or whether we will continue wickedly to deny them the privileges we enjoy, condemn them to degradation, enslave, and imbrute them."