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animalize

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

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