SENSUALIZE

sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise

(verb) debase through carnal gratification

sensualize, carnalize

(verb) ascribe to an origin in sensation

sensualize, carnalize

(verb) represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

sensualize (third-person singular simple present sensualizes, present participle sensualizing, simple past and past participle sensualized)

(transitive) To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications.

• T. H. Skinner

Source: Wiktionary


Sen"su*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sensualized; p. pr. & vb. n. Sensualizing.]

Definition: To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure. Pope. By the neglect of prayer, the thoughts are sensualized. T. H. Skinner.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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