Sensitize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sensitize \Sen"si*tize\, v. t. (Photog.)
     To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on
     by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or
     plate.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sensitize
       v 1: make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her
            emotional needs" [syn: {sensitise}, {sensify}, {sensibilize},
             {sensibilise}] [ant: {desensitize}]
       2: 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" [syn: {sensitise}] [ant: {desensitize}, {desensitize}]
       3: make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to
          this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" [syn: {sensitise}]
       4: make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular
          colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion;
          "sensitize the photographic film" [syn: {sensitise}]