animalize

t. [Eng. animal; -ize. In Fr. animal i ser; Port. animal i sar.] 1. To make into an animal; to impart animal life to. 2. To convert into animal matter. ăn'-im-al-ized, pa. par. & a. [ANIMALIZE.] As adjective: But they eat, I observe, a very large proportion of fat, which is of a le animalized nature."-Darwin: Voyage round the World, ch. vi., p. 117. ăn-im-al-iz-ing, pr. par. & a. [ANIMALIZE.) As adjective: the unconscious irony of the Epicurean poet on the animalizing tendency of his own philosophy." -Cole ridge: Aids to Reneccion (1839), p. 97. † ăn-im-al-ne , s. [Eng. animal; -ne .] The quality or state of being an animal; animal existence.