Definition of Sensibilize

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensibilize

senselessness
senselessnesses
sensels
sensemaking
sensery
senses
senses of humor
senses of humour
senshuraku
sensibilia
sensibilise
sensibilities
sensibility
sensibilization
sensibilizations
sensibilize (current term)
sensible
sensible heat
sensible horizon
sensible perspiration
sensible temperature
sensibleness
sensiblenesses
sensibler
sensibles
sensiblest
sensibly
sensical
sensically
sensifacient

Literary usage of Sensibilize

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

1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"... do not "sensibilize" the red blood cells, as claimed by Bordet, but that they unite with the complements to form a third substance (haemolysin), ..."

2. Photography: A New Treatise, Theoretical and Practical, of the Processes and by Allen S. Heath (1855)
"This iodide is used sometimes to sensibilize collodion, and to put in the positive bath for fixing positives. XII.—FLUORIDE OF POTASSIUM. ..."

3. Diccionario tecnológico inglés-español y español-inglés de los términos y by Néstor Ponce de León (1893)
"to sensibilize, to sensitize. Sensitiva (k.) sensitive, mimose. Sensitivo, sensitive, sensible. sentada, sitting. Sentado (her.) sejant (mec.) steady. ..."

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