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1851 Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 58/1 The sensitising process must take place in an apartment where there is scarcely any light.

1877 W. H. Mallock New Republic II. iii. iii. 50 Culture is..the sensitising of the mental palate—the making it a good taster.

1909 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 30 Oct. 1473/1 This process of sensitizing enables the connective tissue of the uterine mucosa to proliferate periodically.

1993 Washington Post 16 Jan. a16 /2 The Germans did a very good job in the training and sensitizing of the national police force.

2007 Jrnl. Plant Physiol. 164 427/1 The induction of CYP98A5 by DC-SA and DC-INA may have implications for the conditioning and sensitizing of the cells to a more rapid and effective defense response.

1852 Aide-mémoire to Mil. Sci. III. 126 In warm bright weather the chloride may be reduced from 10 to 7 grains per ounce, and the silver in the sensitizing bath must be reduced in proportion.

1886 J. R. Lowell in Atlantic Monthly Suppl. 2/1 It is not their antiquity, but its association with man, that endows them [sc. ancient buildings] with such sensitizing potency.

1909 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 30 Oct. 1471/2 I have..been able to ascribe a definite function to the corpus luteum, namely, that of supplying a sensitizing substance to the uterus.

1947 Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 1 299 For the rapid production of allergic encephalitis in both the monkey and the guinea pig the presence of mycobacteria in the sensitizing injection seems to be essential.

2003 K. Hunger Industr. Dyes v. 511 The formation of J-aggregates by the adsorbed dyes is often a critical factor for the performance of sensitizing dyes.