Animalize

imp. & p. p. Animalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Animalizing

1. To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.
2. To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.
3. To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.

   The unconscious irony of the Epicurean poet on the animalizing tendency of his own philosophy.