v. [f. BESTIAL a. + -IZE.] trans. To change into the form or nature of a beast; to brutalize, debase in character. Hence Bestialized, Bestializing ppl. a.
1684. Charnock, Attrib. of God (1834), I. 231. The most famous guides of the heathen world … bestialized him [God] in the form of a brute.
1751. Philos. Lett. on Physiogn., 87 (T.). Humanity is debased and bestialized where it is otherwise.
1845. Edin. Rev., July, 11. While he bestializes men and humanizes beasts, he is a great moralist.
1866. Felton, Anc. & Mod. Gr., I. vii. 114. Circe and her enchanting bestializing cup.
