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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANIMALIZATION

n.The act of giving animal life, or endowing with the properties of an animal.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANIMALIZATION

An `i *mal *i *za "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. animalisation.]

 

1. The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.

 

2. Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation. Owen.