sensitize
(verb)
verb
1. make sensitive or aware
- He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
Similar word(s): sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
2. 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
Similar word(s): sensitise
Definition categories: perception
3. make sensitive to a drug or allergen
- Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
Similar word(s): sensitise
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
4. make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
- sensitize the photographic film
Similar word(s): sensitise
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
Sentences with sensitize as a verb:
- Ever since the burglary, we've been more sensitized to home security issues.