*ruta*

a. [ Cf. F. brutal. See Brute, a. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. “Above the rest of brutal kind.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners. “Brutal intemperance.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. to treat brutally.
Syn. -- brutalize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. to cause to become like a brute; as, life in the concentration camp had brutalised him.
Syn. -- brutalize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. to become brutal.
Syn. -- brutalize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Brutish quality; brutality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brutalities [ Cf. F. brutalité. ] 1. The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inhuman act. [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . brutalities exercised in war. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brutalized p. pr. & vb. n. Brutalizing. ] [ Cf. F. brutaliser. ] To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He mixed . . . with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habits and manners. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a brutal manner; cruelly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Fruitage. ] 1. A picture of fruit; decoration by representation of fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cornices consist of frutages and festoons. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A confection of fruit. [ Obs. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. imperscrutabilis. ] Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. [ Obs. ] -- Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inscrutabilis : cf. F. inscrutable. See In- not, and Scrutiny. ] Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is not in man
To yield a reason for the will of Heaven
Which is inscrutable. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inscrutable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. perscrutatio, fr. perscrutari to search through. ] A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny. Carlyle [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. rutaceous, from ruta rue. See Rue the plant. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order (Rutaceae) of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of rutic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scrutatio. ] Search; scrutiny. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]