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Animalizing

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.

  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.

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animalizing

vb. (present participle of animalize English)