Verb has 4 senses

• sensitize(v = verb.change) sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise - make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"

Antonym: desensitize
Derived form noun sensitization₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• sensitize(v = verb.perception) sensitise - cause to sense; make sensitive; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"


Antonym: desensitize
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody

• sensitize(v = verb.change) sensitise - make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"

Derived form noun sensitization₃, noun sensitizer₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

• sensitize(v = verb.change) sensitise - make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film"


Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something