sensualize en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From sensual + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure.
normalizing and sensualizing condom use may be of great benefit
1993, Scott C. Ratzan, Aids: Effective Health Communication For The 90s:Not to suffer oneself to be sensualized by pleasures
1725–1726, Homer, “(please specify the book or chapter of the Odyssey)”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:By that one neglect [of prayer], thy thoughts are sensualized.
1839, Thomas Harvey Skinner, Religion of the Bible: In Select Discourses:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sensualise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sensualizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sensualized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sensualized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| sensualizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |