† sensifyv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sense n., -ify suffix.

Etymology: < sense n. + -ify suffix. In sense 1 after Italian sensificare to endow with consciousness or sensation (1598 and 1611 in Florio; subsequently in sense ‘to enable (something) to be perceived by the senses’ (late 19th cent.)); compare post-classical Latin sensificare to endow with sensibility (end of the 4th cent. in Augustine). With sense 2 compare slightly earlier sensifacient adj., sensificatory adj., and earlier sensific adj., sensifying adj.

Obsolete. rare.

1. transitive. To endow with consciousness or sensation.

ΚΠ

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sensificáre, to sensifie, to viuifie, to giue sence vnto.

2. transitive. To convert into sensations.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [verb (transitive)] > transform into sensation

sensify1881

1881 W. M. Williams in Pop. Sci. Monthly May 46 There is no good reason whatever for supposing..that such activity may not give rise to intermediate sensations, provided there are organs for taking up and sensifying (if I may coin a desirable word) these movements.

1881 W. M. Williams in Pop. Sci. Monthly May 46 The insect probably lives, with a sense of vision revealing to him more than our microscopes show to us, and with his minute eye-like ear-bag sensifying material movements that lie between our world of sounds and our other far-distant worlds of heat and light.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	sensify
释义	† sensifyv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sense n., -ify suffix. Etymology: < sense n. + -ify suffix. In sense 1 after Italian sensificare to endow with consciousness or sensation (1598 and 1611 in Florio; subsequently in sense ‘to enable (something) to be perceived by the senses’ (late 19th cent.)); compare post-classical Latin sensificare to endow with sensibility (end of the 4th cent. in Augustine). With sense 2 compare slightly earlier sensifacient adj., sensificatory adj., and earlier sensific adj., sensifying adj. Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To endow with consciousness or sensation. ΚΠ 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sensificáre, to sensifie, to viuifie, to giue sence vnto. 2. transitive. To convert into sensations. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [verb (transitive)] > transform into sensation sensify1881 1881 W. M. Williams in Pop. Sci. Monthly May 46 There is no good reason whatever for supposing..that such activity may not give rise to intermediate sensations, provided there are organs for taking up and sensifying (if I may coin a desirable word) these movements. 1881 W. M. Williams in Pop. Sci. Monthly May 46 The insect probably lives, with a sense of vision revealing to him more than our microscopes show to us, and with his minute eye-like ear-bag sensifying material movements that lie between our world of sounds and our other far-distant worlds of heat and light. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1611
随便看	to erect up to err be in good company to err etc in good company to err from to err in good company to err on the side of to err on the side of caution to err on the —— side to escape a person's lips to escape lips to escape quit to escape scot-free to escape scotfree to escry him, them, etc to or unto death to essentiate together to essoin one's attendance to establish a bracket to establish a suit to estate out to etc a bad patch to etc a banker to etc a big hand to etc a blue streak to etc a brick wall to etc a bug in a person's ear