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单词 sensificatory
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sensificatoryadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sensificat- , sensificare , -ory suffix2.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin sensificat-, past participial stem of sensificare sensify v. + -ory suffix2. Compare post-classical Latin sensificator creator of sensibility (5th cent.).
Obsolete. rare.
Responsible for sensation; producing a sensation.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adjective] > causing physical sensation
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1879 T. H. Huxley in Nineteenth Cent. Apr. 608 Each [sensiferous apparatus] consists of a receptive, a transmissive, and a sensificatory portion.
1918 Lancet 9 Mar. 380/2 The galvanometric indicator affords precise objective measure..of physical changes taking place in the living body in response to sensificatory stimuli, or springing up spontaneously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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