bestialize

English

Alternative forms

• bestialise

Etymology

bestial +‎ -ize

Verb

bestialize (third-person singular simple present bestializes, present participle bestializing, simple past and past participle bestialized)

1. to make like a beast
2. to bring or reduce to the state or condition of a beast

Related terms

• bestial
• bestialization

References

• bestialize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “bestialize”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.