Main Entry: sen·si·tize

Pronunciation: \ˈsen(t)-sə-ˌtīz\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): sen·si·tized; sen·si·tiz·ing

Etymology: sensitive + -ize

Date: 1856

transitive verb : to make sensitive or hypersensitiveintransitive verb : to become sensitive

— sen·si·tiz·er noun