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Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious;
without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers
of nature. |
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Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute
beast; the brute creation. |
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Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast.
Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute
violence. |
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Having the physical powers predominating over the mental;
coarse; unpolished; unintelligent. |
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Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling. |
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An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human;
esp. a quadruped; a beast. |
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A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling
or coarse person. |
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To report; to bruit. |