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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. cause to sense; make sensitive;
- Example: "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"
- Example: "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
[syn: sensitize, sensitise]

2. make sensitive to a drug or allergen;
- Example: "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
[syn: sensitize, sensitise]

3. make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion;
- Example: "sensitize the photographic film"
[syn: sensitize, sensitise]

4. make sensitive or aware;
- Example: "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
[syn: sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sensitise v 1: cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male- dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine" [syn: sensitize, sensitise] [ant: desensitise, desensitize] 2: make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" [syn: sensitize, sensitise] 3: make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film" [syn: sensitize, sensitise] 4: make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs" [syn: sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise] [ant: desensitise, desensitize]