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animalize

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an⋅i⋅mal⋅ize

  [an-uh-muh-lahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to excite the animal passions of; brutalize; sensualize.
2. Fine Arts. to represent in animal form or endow with animal features.
Also, especially British, an⋅i⋅mal⋅ise.

Origin:
1735–45; animal + -ize

Related forms:
an⋅i⋅mal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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an·i·mal·ize   (ān'ə-mə-līz')   
tr.v.   an·i·mal·ized, an·i·mal·iz·ing, an·i·mal·iz·es

  1. To cause (another) to behave like an animal.

  2. To depict or represent in the form of an animal.

an'i·mal·i·za'tion (-mə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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