Animalize

v. t.	1.	To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form. [imp. & p. p. Animalized ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Animalizing.]
	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.

Verb	1.	animalize - represent in the form of an animal Synonyms: animalise
	2.	animalize - make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him" Synonyms: animalise, brutalise, brutalize
	3.	animalize - become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling Synonyms: animalise, brutalise, brutalize

animal, animalise, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, interpret, represent