resensitize

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verb

To sensitize again (especially following desensitization)

OriginEnglish sensitize ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbresensitize (third-person singular simple present resensitizes, present participle resensitizing, simple past and past participle resensitized)

present singular third person resensitizes · participle present resensitizing · participle past resensitized · past resensitized

  1. To sensitize again (especially following desensitization)

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishsensitize
  7. Englishresensitize

From re- + sensitize.

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APA

resensitize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resensitize

MLA

“resensitize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resensitize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resensitize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resensitize.

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