Definition of brute

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

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Embrute :: Embrute (v. t.) To brutify; to imbrute.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle..
Oestrual :: Oestrual (a.) Of or pertaining to sexual desire; -- mostly applied to brute animals; as, the oestrual period; oestrual influence..
Brutify :: Brutify (v. t.) To make like a brute; to make senseless, stupid, or unfeeling; to brutalize..
Metempsychosis :: Metempsychosis (n.) The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls..
Brute :: Brute (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence..
Brute :: Brute (a.) Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature..
Litter :: Litter (v. t.) To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt..
Brute :: Brute (v. t.) To report; to bruit.
Brutal :: Brutal (a.) Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature..
Brutism :: Brutism (n.) The nature or characteristic qualities or actions of a brute; extreme stupidity, or beastly vulgarity..
Imbrute :: Imbrute (v. t.) To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
Beneath :: Beneath (prep.) Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming..
Brute :: Brute (a.) Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.
Irrational :: Irrational (a.) Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals..
Houyhnhnm :: Houyhnhnm (n.) One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men..
Imbrutement :: Imbrutement (n.) The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted..
Brutely :: Brutely (adv.) In a rude or violent manner.
Brute :: Brute (a.) Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
Brutal :: Brutal (a.) Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners..
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