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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. cause to sense; make sensitive;
- Example: "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"
- Example: "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
[syn: sensitize, sensitise]

2. make sensitive to a drug or allergen;
- Example: "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;
- Example: "sensitize the photographic film"
[syn: sensitize, sensitise]

4. make sensitive or aware;
- Example: "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
[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]