sensitize

sensitize
verb (-tized; -tizing) Etymology: sensitive + -ize Date: 1856 transitive verb to make sensitive or hypersensitive intransitive verb to become sensitive • sensitizer noun

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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sensitize — 1856, in photography; see SENSITIVE (Cf. sensitive) + IZE (Cf. ize). Of persons from 1880. Related: Sensitized; sensitizing …   Etymology dictionary

  • sensitize — (Amer.) sen·si·tize || sensɪtaɪz v. cause sensitivity, make sensitive (also sensitise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sensitize — not the arguably more correct form sensitivize, is the standard word in meanings to do with making things sensitive, normally in physical senses (in photography, for example) …   Modern English usage

  • sensitize — (also sensitise) ► VERB ▪ cause to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive. DERIVATIVES sensitization noun sensitizer noun …   English terms dictionary

  • sensitize — [sen′sə tīz΄] vt. sensitized, sensitizing [ SENSIT(IVE) + IZE] to make sensitive or susceptible; specif., a) Photog. to make (a film or plate) sensitive to light, etc. b) Immunology to make (an individual) sensitive or hypersensitive to an… …   English World dictionary

  • sensitize — v. (D; tr.) to sensitize to * * * [ sensɪtaɪz] (D;tr.) to sensitize to …   Combinatory dictionary

  • sensitize — [[t]se̱nsɪtaɪz[/t]] sensitizes, sensitizing, sensitized (in BRIT, also use sensitise) 1) VERB If you sensitize people to a particular problem or situation, you make them aware of it. [FORMAL] [V n to n] It seems important to sensitize people to… …   English dictionary

  • sensitize — UK [ˈsensətaɪz] / US [ˈsensəˌtaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms sensitize : present tense I/you/we/they sensitize he/she/it sensitizes present participle sensitizing past tense sensitized past participle sensitized 1) [often passive] to make… …   English dictionary

  • sensitize — sen|si|tize also sensitise BrE [ˈsensıtaız] v [T] 1.) to give someone some experience or knowledge of a particular problem or situation so that they can notice it and understand it easily sensitize sb to sth ▪ Volunteers need to be sensitized to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sensitize — sen|si|tize [ sensə,taız ] verb transitive 1. ) often passive to make someone notice or understand a situation or problem: sensitize someone to something: I have become sensitized to the isolation felt by new teachers since my daughter began… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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