SENSITIZE

sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise

(verb) make sensitive or aware; “He was not sensitized to her emotional needs”

sensitize, sensitise

(verb) make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; “sensitize the photographic film”

sensitize, sensitise

(verb) make sensitive to a drug or allergen; “Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen”

sensitize, sensitise

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

sensitize (third-person singular simple present sensitizes, present participle sensitizing, simple past and past participle sensitized)

To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.

To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.

(transitive) To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light.

Synonyms

• (make someone increasingly aware of): familiarize

Source: Wiktionary

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Sen"si*tize, v. t. (Photog.)

Definition: To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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