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sensibilize

sensibilize verb: to sensitize.

Verb

sensibilize (third-person singular simple present sensibilizes, present participle sensibilizing, simple past and past participle sensibilized)

  1. (nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To sensitize.

Forms of sensibilize

third-person singular presentsensibilizes
present participlesensibilizing
past participlesensibilized
pastsensibilized

Origin of sensibilize

Probably from older English senses of sensible and from semantically and formally related verbs in other languages like French sensibiliser, Spanish sensibilizar, etc.

Questions about sensibilize

What does sensibilize mean?
Sensibilize means to sensitize.
What part of speech is sensibilize?
Sensibilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sensibilize?
The past tense of sensibilize is sensibilized.

Words near sensibilize in the dictionary

  1. sensibilia
  2. sensibilities
  3. sensibility
  4. sensibilization
  5. sensibilizations
  6. sensibilize
  7. sensibilized
  8. sensibilizer
  9. sensibilizers
  10. sensibilizes
  11. sensibilizing

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