The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sensate \Sen"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sensated; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Sensating.] [See Sensated.]
   To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense,
   or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor.
   [1913 Webster]

         As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those
         of the other are by the eye.             --R. Hooke.
   [1913 Webster] Sensate