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sensitize, v.
(sensitized, sensitizes, sensitizing)
freq. cnt. 2

make sensitive or aware
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

sensibilise sensibilize sensify sensitise sensitize

sample sentences

"He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"

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derivationally related form

antonym

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derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
<verb.change>

sensitise sensitize

sample sentences

"sensitize the photographic film"

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domain of synset (topic)

photography, picture taking

hypernym

change, alter, modify

make sensitive to a drug or allergen
<verb.change>

sensitise sensitize

sample sentences

"Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sensitization sensitizer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sensitisation sensitisation sensitiser

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

cause to sense; make sensitive
<verb.perception>

sensitise sensitize

sample sentences

"She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"
"My tongue became sensitized to good wine"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

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hyponym

photosensitize, photosensitise stir, stimulate, excite

cause