v. [f. CARNAL a. + -IZE.]
1. trans. To make carnal; to rob of spirituality; to sensualize. Hence Carnalized ppl. a.
1685. J. Scott, Chr. Life, i. § 2. A sensual and carnalized spirit.
1755. Young, Centaur, vi. (1757), IV. 264. We are so carnalized by our lusts.
1850. McCosh, Div. Govt. (1852), 21. A tendency to carnalize the Divine character by representing it in symbol.
1884. Miss Cobbe, in Contemp. Rev., Dec., 803. It will not merely belittle life, it will carnalize it, to take Religion out of it.
† 2. intr. To act carnally, have carnal intercourse. Obs.
1706. T. Baker, Tunbr. Walks, II. i. Tell him you are sorry you shou’d carnalize without his consent.
