sensitize

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  1. transitive verb To make sensitive: "The polarity principle . . . sensitizes the observer to the coexistence of seemingly contradictory phenomena” (Heinz Eulau).
  2. transitive verb To make (a film or plate) sensitive to light, especially to light of a specific wavelength.
  3. transitive verb To make hypersensitive or reactive to an antigen, such as pollen, especially by a second or repeated exposure.

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  • He couldn't hyper-sensitize it again without blowing the frames he had already taken, but he could still get decent results from it, and if the stuff was irreplaceable now When he got home he was too wound up to sleep, so he put a Moody Blues album on the stereo and listened to that while he sipped a cup of hot chocolate to warm up. —  AnalogSFF,May2006
  • Some are speculating that by moving to distribute quality video content in ad space, Google could help re-sensitize Internet users to banner ads. —  ClickZ News
  • We have also arranged for a number of forums and seminars to help sensitize, educate, and create awareness to help overcome issues of stigmatizations, cultural beliefs, and practices that promote the spread of AIDS, as well as help them get things like blankets and mosquito nets. —  OneWorld.net (U.S.) - beyond your own borders
  • Unfortunately, it does seem to take a collapse to re-sensitize inspectors and operators to the real dangers that lurk among rusting steel and cracking concrete. —  Original Signal - The best of Web 2.0
  • Ten or so years ago we embraced a similar program intended to sensitize hospital employees to the trials and tribulations of just being a hospital patient. —  Hospital Impact
 

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/ˈsɛnsɪtaɪz/
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