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      desensitise
      verb
      make insensitive
      cause not to be sensitive
      Roots
      dede- · Latin · removal, reversalsentiresens- · Latin · to feel, perceiveivus-it · Latin · tending toizein-ise · Greek · to make, cause
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      The word desensitise breaks down into 4 roots of Latin and Greek origin: de-, from Latin de (“removal, reversal”); sens, from Latin sentire (“to feel, perceive”); -it, from Latin ivus (“tending to”); and -ise, from Greek izein (“to make, cause”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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