v make sensitive or aware
He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
v 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
v make sensitive to a drug or allergen
Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
v make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
sensitize the photographic film
v look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
Don't sentimentalize the past events
v make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind These experiences have sentimentalized her
v act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression