sensitise
- v cause to sense; make sensitive
- v make sensitive to a drug or allergen
- v make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
- v make sensitive or aware
sensitize
- 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
sensualize
- v represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture
- v ascribe to an origin in sensation
- v debase through carnal gratification
sentimentalise
- v make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
- v look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
- v act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression
sentimentalize
- 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
sentimentise
- v act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression
sentimentize
- v act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression
sequester
- v requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
the estate was sequestered - v take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- v undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
The cations were sequestered - v keep away from others
He sequestered himself in his study to write a book - v set apart from others
The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on