brutify

English

Etymology

brute +‎ -ify: compare French brutifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹuːtɪfaɪ/
• Rhymes: -uːtɪfaɪ

Verb

brutify (third-person singular simple present brutifies, present participle brutifying, simple past and past participle brutified)

1. (transitive) To make like a brute; to make senseless or unfeeling; to 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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “brutify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)