# sensitize

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #87,808

## Definitions
1. To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
2. To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
3. To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light.

## Etymology
From sensitive + -ize.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sensitize