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Definition: ANIMALIZING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb animalize.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(animalize)
1. Represent in the form of an animal.[Wordnet].
2. Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman.[Wordnet].
3. Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling.[Wordnet].
4. To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.[Websters].
5. To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.[Websters].
6. To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.[Websters].
7. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: animalizing, animalized, animalizes, animalizer, animalizers, animalizingly and animalizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Animalizing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: ANIMALIZING

Domain Definition
Industry A chemical process designed to confer on fibers other than wool an affinity for dyes normally used on wool. In the case of man-made fibers, the process may be carried out during the manufacture of the fibers or afterwards. Source: European Union. (references)

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Definition: ANIMALIZING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb animalize.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(animalize)
1. Represent in the form of an animal.[Wordnet].
2. Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman.[Wordnet].
3. Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling.[Wordnet].
4. To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.[Websters].
5. To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.[Websters].
6. To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.[Websters].
7. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: animalizing, animalized, animalizes, animalizer, animalizers, animalizingly and animalizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "ANIMALIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: ANIMALIZING

DomainDefinition
IndustryA chemical process designed to confer on fibers other than wool an affinity for dyes normally used on wool. In the case of man-made fibers, the process may be carried out during the manufacture of the fibers or afterwards. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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