Part 1434

<blockquote>The influence of capital and mere <b>brute</b> labor. <i>Playfair.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.</def>

<blockquote>A great <b>brute</b> farmer from Liddesdale. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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

<hw>Brute</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.</def>

<blockquote><b>Brutes</b> may be considered as either a\'89ral, terrestrial, aquatic, or amphibious. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.</def>

<blockquote>An ill-natured <b>brute</b> of a husband. <i>Franklin.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Beast</er>.</syn>

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

<hw>Brute</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>bruit</ets>.]</ety> <def>To report; to bruit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Brutely</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brute"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a rude or violent manner.</def>

<h1>Bruteness</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brute"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Brutality.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Insensibility.</def> "The <i>bruteness</i> of nature."

<i>Emerson.</i>

<h1>Brutify</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru"ti*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Brutified</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Brutifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>Brute</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>brutifier</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make like a brute; to make senseless, stupid, or unfeeling; to brutalize.</def>

<blockquote>Any man not quite <b>brutified</b> and void of sense. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brutish</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru"tish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; of a cruel, gross, and stupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent.</def>

<blockquote>O, let all provocation Take every <b>brutish</b> shape it can devise. <i>Leigh Hunt.</i></blockquote>

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

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

-- <wordforms><wf>Bru"tish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Bru"tish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>