Animalize
Animalize ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Compare French 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.