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sensitize
v 1: make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her
emotional needs" [synonym: {sensitize}, {sensitise}, {sensify},
{sensibilize}, {sensibilise}] [ant: {desensitise},
{desensitize}]
2: cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with
respect to gender differences in this traditional male-
dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good
wine" [synonym: {sensitize}, {sensitise}] [ant: {desensitise},
{desensitize}]
3: make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to
this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" [synonym:
{sensitize}, {sensitise}]
4: make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular
colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion;
"sensitize the photographic film" [synonym: {sensitize},
{sensitise}]