brutify
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
brute + -ify: compare French brutifier.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
brutify (third-person singular simple present brutifies, present participle brutifying, simple past and past participle brutified)
- (transitive) To make like a brute; to make brutish
- Synonym: brutalize
- a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Of Contentment”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
- any man not quite brutified and void of sense
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References[edit]
- “brutify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.