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A creature . . . not prone And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason. Milton.

3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence. Macaulay.

The influence of capital and mere brute labor. Playfair.

4. Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.

A great brute farmer from Liddesdale. Sir W. Scott.

5. Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling. [R.]

Brute, n. 1. An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.

Brutes may be considered as either aëral, terrestrial, aquatic, or amphibious. Locke.

2. A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.

An ill-natured brute of a husband. Franklin.

Syn. -- See Beast.

Brute, v. t. [For bruit.] To report; to bruit. [Obs.]

Brute"ly, adv. In a rude or violent manner.

Brute"ness, n. 1. Brutality. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. Insensibility. "The bruteness of nature." Emerson.

Bru"ti*fy (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brutified (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Brutifying.] [Brute + -fy: cf. F. brutifier.] To make like a brute; to make senseless, stupid, or unfeeling; to brutalize.

Any man not quite brutified and void of sense. Barrow.

Bru"tish (br"tsh), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; of a cruel, gross, and stupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent.

O, let all provocation Take every brutish shape it can devise. Leigh Hunt.

Man may . . . render himself brutish, but it is in vain that he would seek to take the rank and density of the brute. I. Taylor.

Syn. -- Insensible; stupid; unfeeling; savage; cruel; brutal; barbarous; inhuman; ferocious; gross; carnal; sensual; bestial.

-- Bru"tish*ly, adv. -- Bru"tish*ness, n.

Bru"tism (br"tz'm), n. The nature or characteristic qualities or actions of a brute; extreme stupidity, or beastly vulgarity.

Brut"ting (&?;), n. Browsing. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Bry*o*log"i*cal (&?;), a. Relating to bryology; as, bryological studies.

Bry*ol"o*gist (&?;), n. One versed in bryology.

Bry*ol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; moss + - logy.] That part of botany which relates to mosses.

Bry"o*nin (&?;), n. (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic.