Found 2 items, similar to sensitize.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sensitize
sensitize
v 1: make sensitive or aware;
“He was not sensitized to her
emotional needs” [syn:
sensitise,
sensify,
sensibilize,
sensibilise] [ant:
desensitize]
2: 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:
sensitise] [ant:
desensitize,
desensitize]
3: make sensitive to a drug or allergen;
“Long-term exposure to
this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen” [syn:
sensitise]
4: make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular
colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion;
“sensitize the photographic film” [syn:
sensitise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sensitize
Sensitize
\Sen"si*tize\, v. t. (Photog.)
To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on
by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or
plate.
[1913 Webster]