\An"i*mal*ize\, 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.
2. To convert into animal matter by the processes of
   assimilation.
3. To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a
   lower animal; to sensualize.
         The unconscious irony of the Epicurean poet on the
         animalizing tendency of his own philosophy.
                                               --Coleridge.