make sensitive or aware; He was not sensitized to her emotional needs

[ Syn: sensitise , sensify , sensibilize , sensibilise ]

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

[ Syn: sensitise , sensitise ]

make sensitive to a drug or allergen; Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen

[ Syn: sensitise ]

make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; sensitize the photographic film

[ Syn: sensitise ]