Deanimalize
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To make less like an animal or less full of animals.
"He also acknowledged that if, according to the latter-day convictions of Joshua, the only proper and real object of worship was the True, the Beautiful, and the Good, as embodied in the lives and works of men, the tendency of such worship was to deanimalize them, to lift them up into a state in which they would be most likely to recognize the Rev. Mr. Benton's personal God, in whom the attributes of worth were infinitely realized."
Example
More examples"He also acknowledged that if, according to the latter-day convictions of Joshua, the only proper and real object of worship was the True, the Beautiful, and the Good, as embodied in the lives and works of men, the tendency of such worship was to deanimalize them, to lift them up into a state in which they would be most likely to recognize the Rev. Mr. Benton's personal God, in whom the attributes of worth were infinitely realized."
Etymology
From de- + animal + -ize.
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