bestialize

English

Alternative forms

• bestialise

Etymology

From 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

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: bestializar (es)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bestialize”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “bestialize”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.