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View synonyms for sensitize
sensitize
[ sen-si-tahyz ]
verb (used with object)
, sen·si·tized, sen·si·tiz·ing.
- to render sensitive.
- Photography. to render (a film or the like) sensitive to light or other forms of radiant energy.
- Immunology. to render sensitive to an antigenic substance.
verb (used without object)
, sen·si·tized, sen·si·tiz·ing.
- to become sensitized.
sensitize
/ ˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz /
verb
- to make or become sensitive
- tr to render (an individual) sensitive to a drug, allergen, etc
- tr photog to make (a material) sensitive to light or to other actinic radiation, esp to light of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion often containing special chemicals, such as dyes
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Derived Forms
- ˈsensiˌtizer, noun
- ˌsensitiˈzation, noun
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Other Words From
- sensi·tizer noun
- anti·sensi·tizer noun
- anti·sensi·tizing adjective
- non·sensi·tized adjective
- non·sensi·tizing adjective
- over·sensi·tize verb oversensitized oversensitizing
- re·sensi·tize verb (used with object) resensitized resensitizing
- un·sensi·tize verb (used with object) unsensitized unsensitizing
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sensitize1
First recorded in 1855–60; sensit(ive) + -ize
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Example Sentences
Use unglazed writing-paper, and sensitize a strip at the top a little larger than the picture to be printed on it.
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To sensitize the plates I employ a bath of bichromate of potash of six per cent, and again dry them.
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To sensitize, immerse the silk in a 20 grain solution of silver nitrate for about sixteen minutes.
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