CARNALIZE

sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise

(verb) debase through carnal gratification

sensualize, carnalize

(verb) ascribe to an origin in sensation

sensualize, carnalize

(verb) represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

carnalize (third-person singular simple present carnalizes, present participle carnalizing, simple past and past participle carnalized)

(transitive) To make physical or materialistic, as opposed to spiritual

Source: Wiktionary


Car"nal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carnalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Carnalizing.]

Definition: To make carnal; to debase to carnality. A sensual and carnalized spirit. John Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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