Animalize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Animalize \An"i*mal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Animalized}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Animalizing}.] [Cf. F. animaliser.]
     1. To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in
        animal form. --Warburton.
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     2. To convert into animal matter by the processes of
        assimilation.
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     3. To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a
        lower animal; to sensualize.
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              The unconscious irony of the Epicurean poet on the
              animalizing tendency of his own philosophy.
                                                    --Coleridge.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  animalize
       v 1: represent in the form of an animal [syn: {animalise}]
       2: make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had
          brutalized him" [syn: {brutalize}, {brutalise}, {animalise}]
       3: become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling [syn: {brutalize},
           {brutalise}, {animalise}]