[syn: sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sensitise
v 1: 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" [syn: sensitize, sensitise] [ant: desensitise,
desensitize]
2: make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to
this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" [syn:
sensitize, sensitise]
3: make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular
colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion;
"sensitize the photographic film" [syn: sensitize,
sensitise]
4: make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her
emotional needs" [syn: sensitize, sensitise, sensify,
sensibilize, sensibilise] [ant: desensitise,
desensitize]