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English Dictionary: sensitise by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sensitise
v
  1. 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(s): sensitize, sensitise
    Antonym(s): desensitise, desensitize
  2. make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
    Synonym(s): sensitize, sensitise
  3. make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film"
    Synonym(s): sensitize, sensitise
  4. make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
    Synonym(s): sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
    Antonym(s): desensitise, desensitize
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