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brutify, v.|ˈbruːtɪfaɪ|
[f. L. bruti- (comb. form) brute + -fy.]
1. trans. To render brute-like; to brutalize.
1668Howe Bless. Righteous Wks. (1834) 256/2 Religion doth not brutify men. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. ii. v. §2 Hopeless slavery effectually brutifies the intellect.
b. absol.
1819Scotsman 9 Jan. 14/3 Their tendency..is to debase and brutify. 1848A. Jameson Sacr. & Leg. Art (1850) 61 Sin..degrades and brutifies.
2. intr. To become brute-like.
1794Mrs. Piozzi Synonymy II. 19 Man unwatched by man brutified for very want of observance.
Hence ˈbrutifying vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1817J. Scott Paris Revisit. (ed. 4) 56 Measures that were both savage and brutifying. 1831E. E. Crowe Hist. France III. ix. 275 A course of brutifying study. |