The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sensualize \Sen"su*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sensualized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Sensualizing.]
To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure;
to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as,
sensualized by pleasure.
--Pope.
By the neglect of prayer, the thoughts are sensualized.
--T. H.
Skinner.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1680s, from sensual + -ize. Related: Sensualized; sensualizing.
Wiktionary
alt. (context transitive English) To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications. vb. (context transitive English) To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications.
WordNet
v. represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture [syn: carnalize]
ascribe to an origin in sensation [syn: carnalize]
debase through carnal gratification [syn: sensualise, carnalize, carnalise]
Usage examples of "sensualize".
In Qom, unlike in the other Iranian cities I visited, I noticed little greenery, few water channels, few attempts, in short, to sensualize the urban landscape in the way that Persians usually do so brilliantly.