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sen·su·al·ize

(sĕn′sho͞o-ə-līz′)
tr.v. sen·su·al·ized, sen·su·al·iz·ing, sen·su·al·iz·es
To make sensual.
sen′su·al·i·za′tion (-ə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
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sensualize

(ˈsɛnʃʊəˌlaɪz) or

sensualise

vb
1. (intr) to live in a sensual way
2. (intr) to have a sensual perspective
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sen•su•al•ize

(ˈsɛn ʃu əˌlaɪz)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
to render sensual.
[1605–15]
sen`su•al•i•za′tion, n.
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sensualize


Past participle: sensualized
Gerund: sensualizing

Imperative
sensualize
sensualize
Present
I sensualize
you sensualize
he/she/it sensualizes
we sensualize
you sensualize
they sensualize
Preterite
I sensualized
you sensualized
he/she/it sensualized
we sensualized
you sensualized
they sensualized
Present Continuous
I am sensualizing
you are sensualizing
he/she/it is sensualizing
we are sensualizing
you are sensualizing
they are sensualizing
Present Perfect
I have sensualized
you have sensualized
he/she/it has sensualized
we have sensualized
you have sensualized
they have sensualized
Past Continuous
I was sensualizing
you were sensualizing
he/she/it was sensualizing
we were sensualizing
you were sensualizing
they were sensualizing
Past Perfect
I had sensualized
you had sensualized
he/she/it had sensualized
we had sensualized
you had sensualized
they had sensualized
Future
I will sensualize
you will sensualize
he/she/it will sensualize
we will sensualize
you will sensualize
they will sensualize
Future Perfect
I will have sensualized
you will have sensualized
he/she/it will have sensualized
we will have sensualized
you will have sensualized
they will have sensualized
Future Continuous
I will be sensualizing
you will be sensualizing
he/she/it will be sensualizing
we will be sensualizing
you will be sensualizing
they will be sensualizing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sensualizing
you have been sensualizing
he/she/it has been sensualizing
we have been sensualizing
you have been sensualizing
they have been sensualizing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sensualizing
you will have been sensualizing
he/she/it will have been sensualizing
we will have been sensualizing
you will have been sensualizing
they will have been sensualizing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sensualizing
you had been sensualizing
he/she/it had been sensualizing
we had been sensualizing
you had been sensualizing
they had been sensualizing
Conditional
I would sensualize
you would sensualize
he/she/it would sensualize
we would sensualize
you would sensualize
they would sensualize
Past Conditional
I would have sensualized
you would have sensualized
he/she/it would have sensualized
we would have sensualized
you would have sensualized
they would have sensualized
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb 1. sensualize - represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture
interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
2. sensualize - ascribe to an origin in sensation
ascribe, attribute, impute, assign - attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
3. sensualize - debase through carnal gratification
corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate, subvert - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
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Translations

sensualize

vt → sinnlich machen, versinnlichen
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