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verb
To sensitize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
Qualifier: non-native speakers' English
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
make sensitive or aware
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
History
Probably from older English senses of sensible and from semantically and formally related verbs in other languages like French sensibiliser, Spanish sensibilizar, etc.
