desensitize, desensitise
(verb) make insensitive; “His military training desensitized him”
desensitize, desensitise
(verb) cause not to be sensitive; “The war desensitized many soldiers”; “The photographic plate was desensitized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
desensitize (third-person singular simple present desensitizes, present participle desensitizing, simple past and past participle desensitized)
To cause to become less sensitive or insensitive.
Source: Wiktionary
5 June 2025
(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
