[syn: sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sensualize \Sen"su*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sensualized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Sensualizing.]
To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure;
to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as,
sensualized by pleasure. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
By the neglect of prayer, the thoughts are sensualized.
--T. H.
Skinner.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sensualize
v 1: represent materialistically, as in a painting or a
sculpture [syn: sensualize, carnalize]
2: ascribe to an origin in sensation [syn: sensualize,
carnalize]
3: debase through carnal gratification [syn: sensualize,
sensualise, carnalize, carnalise]