Sensualize

2 definitions found

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

  Sensualize \Sen"su*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sensualized};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Sensualizing}.]
     To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure;
     to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as,
     sensualized by pleasure. --Pope.
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           By the neglect of prayer, the thoughts are sensualized.
                                                    --T. H.
                                                    Skinner.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sensualize
       v 1: represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture
            [syn: {carnalize}]
       2: ascribe to an origin in sensation [syn: {carnalize}]
       3: debase through carnal gratification [syn: {sensualise}, {carnalize},
           {carnalise}]