ˈanəməˌlīz verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
1.
a. : to represent in animal form
the Egyptian god Sebek animalized as a crocodile
b. fine art : to endow (a human figure) with animal features : distort (human features) to make animallike : emphasize human features of animallike appearance
a man's animalized head, adorned with ram's horns
2. : to convert into animal matter
animalizing food through digestion
3.
a. : to reduce to the state of a lower animal : brutalize
men that were animalized by war
b. : sensualize
animalized by passion
4. : to alter (vegetable fibers or synthetic fibers) by chemical treatment so as to cause to react like wool toward dyes
5. : to cause (vegetal embryonic cells) to exhibit animal characteristics
intransitive verb
of vegetal embryonic cells : to exhibit animal characteristics