animalize

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize. [ 1913 Webster ]

The unconscious irony of the Epicurean poet on the animalizing tendency of his own philosophy. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]