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an⋅i⋅mal⋅ize

   [an-uh-muh-lahyz]
–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
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an·i·mal·ize     (ān'ə-mə-līz')  Pronunciation Key 
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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animalize

verb
1. represent in the form of an animal 
2. make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him" [syn: brutalize] 
3. become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling [syn: brutalize] 

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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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