sensitize
1. [ verb ] make sensitive or aware
Synonyms: sensibilize sensibilise sensitise sensify
Examples:

"He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"

Related terms: desensitize change sense
2. [ verb ] make sensitive to a drug or allergen
Synonyms: sensitise
Examples:

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

Related terms: change sensitizer sensitizing
3. [ verb ] make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
Synonyms: sensitise
Examples:

"sensitize the photographic film"

Related terms: change photography
4. [ verb ] cause to sense; make sensitive
Synonyms: sensitise
Examples:

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

Related terms: desensitize desensitize desensitize stimulate anesthesize photosensitize feel
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