Thesaurus: animalize

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1. v. t. To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.
2. v. t. To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.
3. v. t. To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.
4. v. represent in the form of an animal
5. v. make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
6. v. become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
7. 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.
8. v. represent in the form of an animal