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SENSIFY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensify mean? 

SENSIFY (verb)
  The verb SENSIFY has 1 sense:

1. make sensitive or awareplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SENSIFY (verb)


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 "sensify" 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

Derivation:

sense (the faculty through which the external world is apprehended)

sense (a general conscious awareness)


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