animality (animal it i)

[= F. animal ité; man nature. Another condition which tends to produce social progre is the perpetual struggle between the e ential attributes of humanity and those of mere animality. L. F. Ward, Dynam. Sociol., I. 132. 2. In physiol., the aggregate of those vital phenomena which characterize animals. See vege tality. We find it convenient to treat of the laws of Animality in the abstract, expecting to find these ideals realized (within due limits) in every particular organism. G. H. Lewes , Probs. of Life and Mind, II. iv. § 42. Animal i vor a (ani-ma-livo-ra), n. pl . [NL., ous. stincts and tastes. manner of the anima; with respect to the anima brut a, or to animal spirits. Cudworth . 2. Physically, corporeally, bodily, as opposed to mentally or intellectually . The state of animal ne (an'i-mal-nes), n. being an animal; animality. of animare , animate: see animate , v.] Po e - ing or conferring the properties of life and soul; Of or pertaining to quickening. Cudworth. [Rare.] animaryt (an'i-mā-ri), a. the soul; psychical. 'Tis brought to a right animary temper and harmony. Bp. Parker, Platonick Philos., p. 44.