v. Obs. Also 7 beastiate. [f. L. bestia beast + -ATE.] To bestialize.
1628. Feltham, Resolves, I. lxxxiv. (1647), 259. Drunkennesse … bestiates even the bravest spirits.
1639. R. Younge (‘R. Junius’), Sinne Stigmatizd, 235 (L.). Drunkenness beastiates the heart. Ibid. (1655), Agst. Drunkards, 5. Drunkenesse … beastiates the heart.
