Definition of Sensibilise

1. Verb. Make sensitive or aware. "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"

Exact synonyms: Sensibilize, Sensify, Sensitise, Sensitize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Sense, Sense, Sensitization
Antonyms: Desensitize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensibilise

sensei
senseis
sensel
senseless
senselessly
senselessness
senselessnesses
sensels
sensemaking
sensery
senses
senses of humor
senses of humour
senshuraku
sensibilia
sensibilise (current term)
sensibilities
sensibility
sensibilization
sensibilizations
sensibilize
sensible
sensible heat
sensible horizon
sensible perspiration
sensible temperature
sensibleness
sensiblenesses
sensibler
sensibles

Literary usage of Sensibilise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Immunity in Infective Diseases by Elie Metchnikoff (1905)
"The substance which aids the transformation into granules is not only distinct from the fixatives which sensibilise red blood corpuscles or spermatozoa, ..."

2. Immunity in Infective Diseases by Elie Metchnikoff (1907)
"The substance which aids the transformation into granules is not only distinct from the fixatives which sensibilise red blood corpuscles or spermatozoa, ..."

3. Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 by Olga Metchnikoff (1921)
"For a serum is only preventive when it brings into the new organism into which it is injected a sufficient quantity of fixators ready to sensibilise the ..."

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