Meanings
present singular third person animalizes · participle present animalizing · participle past animalized · past animalized · alternative animalise
- To represent in the form of an animal.
- To brutalize.
- To convert or produce material rich in animal substance.
The weaknesses or disorder of the bowels seem chiefly to be occasioned by the poor, watery, meagre, vegetable diet of the children and of their mothers. The latter, from the use of this diet, have their milk poor, and not sufficiently animalised.
1805, Charles Hall, The Effects of Civilisation on the People in European States, Section III
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From animal (adjective) + -ize.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan animalitzar
- animalitzarrepresent in the form of an animal
Polish animalizować
- animalizowaćrepresent in the form of an animal
Spanish animalizar
- animalizarrepresent in the form of an animal
Cite this entry
animalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalize
“animalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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