Part 1433

<h1>Bruta</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., neuter pl., fr. L. <ets>brutus</ets> heavy, stupid.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Edentata</er>.</def>

<h1>Brutal</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>brutal</ets>. See <er>Brute</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a brute; <as>as, <ex>brutal</ex> nature</as>.</def> "Above the rest of <i>brutal</i> kind."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; <as>as, <ex>brutal</ex> manners</as>.</def> "<i>Brutal</i> intemperance."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Brutalism</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru"tal*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Brutish quality; brutality.</def>

<h1>Brutality</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru*tal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Brutalities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>brutalit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An inhuman act.</def>

<blockquote>The . . . <b>brutalities</b> exercised in war. <i>Brougham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brutalization</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru`tal*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.</def>

<h1>Brutalize</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru"tal*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Brutalized</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Brutalizing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>brutaliser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.</def>

<h1>Brutalize</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru"tal*ize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>He mixed . . . with his countrymen, <b>brutalized</b> with them in their habits and manners. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brutally</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru"tal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a brutal manner; cruelly.</def>

<h1>Brute</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brute</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>brut</ets>, nasc., <ets>brute</ets>, fem., raw, rough, rude, brutish, L. <ets>brutus</ets> stupid, irrational: cf. It. & Sp. <ets>bruto</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; <as>as, the <ex>brute</ex> earth; the <ex>brute</ex> powers of nature.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; <as>as, a <ex>brute</ex> beast; the <ex>brute</ex> creation.</as></def>

<blockquote>A creature . . . not prone And <b>brute</b> as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; <as>as, <ex>brute</ex> violence</as>.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>