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Webster 1913 Edition
Animalize
An′i-mal-ize
,Verb.
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.
2.
To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.
3.
To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.
The unconscious irony of the Epicurean poet on the
animalizing
tendency of his own philosophy. Coleridge.
Webster 1828 Edition
Animalize
AN'IMALIZE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To give animal life to; to endow with the properties of animals.2.
To convert into animal matter.