Sensitize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make sensitive: "The polarity principle . . . sensitizes the observer to the coexistence of seemingly contradictory phenomena” ( Heinz Eulau).
  • v. To make (a film or plate) sensitive to light, especially to light of a specific wavelength.
  • v. To make hypersensitive or reactive to an antigen, such as pollen, especially by a second or repeated exposure.
  • verb-intransitive. To become sensitive or hypersensitive.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To become increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To render sensitive; specifically, in photography, to render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light: as, sensitized paper, or a sensitized plate. See sensitized paper, under paper.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make sensitive to a drug or allergen
  • v. cause to sense; make sensitive
  • v. make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
  • v. make sensitive or aware
    • Verb Form
    sensitized    sensitizes    sensitizing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change    modify    alter   
    Cross Reference
    sensitizing substance   
    Hyponym
    photosensitise    photosensitize    stir    excite    stimulate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    desensitize   
     
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