ANIMALIZES

Verb

animalizes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animalize

Source: Wiktionary


ANIMALIZE

An"i*mal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Animalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Animalizing.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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