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sensitize

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sensitize \Sen"si*tize\, v. t. (Photog.)
   To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on
   by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or
   plate.

Source : WordNet®

sensitize
     v 1: make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her
          emotional needs" [syn: {sensitise}, {sensify}, {sensibilize},
           {sensibilise}] [ant: {desensitize}]
     2: cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with
        respect to gender differences in this traditional
        male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to
        good wine" [syn: {sensitise}] [ant: {desensitize}, {desensitize}]
     3: make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to
        this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" [syn: {sensitise}]
     4: make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular
        colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion;
        "sensitize the photographic film" [syn: {sensitise}]
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