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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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