animalize
verb (used with object)
to excite the animal passions of; brutalize; sensualize.
animalise
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a variation of
animalize.
Example Sentences
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It is a mistake, then, to take the view adopted by a previous correspondent of this paper, to consider the machines as identities, to animalise them and to anticipate their final triumph over mankind.
From Canterbury Pieces by Samuel Butler
It is a mistake, then, to take the view adopted by a previous correspondent of this paper; to consider the machines as identities, to animalise them, and to anticipate their final triumph over mankind.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
