BRUTE
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Brute (&unr_;), a. [F. brut, nasc., brute, fem., raw, rough, rude, brutish, L. brutus stupid, irrational: cf. It. & Sp. bruto.] 1. Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
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2. Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
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A creature . . . not prone
And brute as other creatures, but endued
With sanctity of reason.
Milton.
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3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence. Macaulay.
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The influence of capital and mere brute labor.
Playfair.
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4. Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
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A great brute farmer from Liddesdale.
Sir W. Scott.
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5. Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling. [R.]
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brute force, The application of predominantly physical effort to achieve a goal that could be accomplished with less effort if more carefully considered. Figuratively, repetitive or strenuous application of an obvious or simple tactic, as contrasted with a more clever stratagem achieving the same goal with less effort; -- as, the first prime numbers were discovered by the brute force repetition of the Sieve of Eratosthenes.
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Brute, n. 1. An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.
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Brutes may be considered as either aërial, terrestrial, aquatic, or amphibious.
Locke.
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2. A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
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An ill-natured brute of a husband.
Franklin.
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Syn. -- See Beast.
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Brute, v. t. [For bruit.] To report; to bruit. [Obs.]
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