sensualize

sensualize

English

Alternative forms

• sensualise

Etymology

From sensual +‎ -ize

Verb

sensualize (third-person singular simple present sensualizes, present participle sensualizing, simple past and past participle sensualized)

1. (transitive) To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications.
   • T. H. Skinner

     By the neglect of prayer, the thoughts are sensualized.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sensualize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Portuguese

Verb

sensualize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of sensualizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of sensualizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of sensualizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of sensualizar