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an·i·mal·ize \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 |