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supersensitize

supersensitize verb: to make or to become supersensitive.

Verb

supersensitize (third-person singular simple present supersensitizes, present participle supersensitizing, simple past and past participle supersensitized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or to become supersensitive.

Forms of supersensitize

third-person singular presentsupersensitizes
present participlesupersensitizing
past participlesupersensitized
pastsupersensitized

Origin of supersensitize

From super- + sensitize.

Questions about supersensitize

What does supersensitize mean?
Supersensitize means to make or to become supersensitive.
What part of speech is supersensitize?
Supersensitize is a verb.
What is the past tense of supersensitize?
The past tense of supersensitize is supersensitized.

Words near supersensitize in the dictionary

  1. supersensitively
  2. supersensitiveness
  3. supersensitivity
  4. supersensitization
  5. supersensitizations
  6. supersensitize
  7. supersensitized
  8. supersensory
  9. supersensual
  10. supersensualism
  11. supersensuality

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