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resensitize

resensitize verb: to sensitize again (especially following desensitization).

Verb

resensitize (third-person singular simple present resensitizes, present participle resensitizing, simple past and past participle resensitized)

  1. To sensitize again (especially following desensitization)

Forms of resensitize

third-person singular presentresensitizes
present participleresensitizing
past participleresensitized
pastresensitized

Origin of resensitize

From re- + sensitize.

Questions about resensitize

What does resensitize mean?
Resensitize means to sensitize again (especially following desensitization).
What part of speech is resensitize?
Resensitize is a verb.
What is the past tense of resensitize?
The past tense of resensitize is resensitized.

Words near resensitize in the dictionary

  1. resensitised
  2. resensitises
  3. resensitising
  4. resensitization
  5. resensitizations
  6. resensitize
  7. resensitized
  8. resensitizes
  9. resensitizing
  10. resent
  11. resentable

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