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SENSIBILIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensibilize mean? 

SENSIBILIZE (verb)
  The verb SENSIBILIZE has 1 sense:

1. make sensitive or awareplay

  Familiarity information: SENSIBILIZE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SENSIBILIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they sensibilize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it sensibilizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: sensibilized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: sensibilized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: sensibilizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make sensitive or aware

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

sensibilise; sensibilize; sensify; sensitise; sensitize

Context example:

He was not sensitized to her emotional needs

Hypernyms (to "sensibilize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP


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