animalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb represent in the form of an animal
    animalise.
  2. verb make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
    animalise; brutalise; brutalize.
    • Life in the camps had brutalized him
  3. verb become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
    animalise; brutalise; brutalize.

WordNet

An"i*mal*ize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. animaliser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Animalized present participle & verbal noun Animalizing
Definitions
  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 1913