eroticizev.
/ɛˈrɒtɪsʌɪz/ transitive. To make erotic; to stimulate sexually.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > cause sexual excitement in [verb (transitive)]
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1914 P. Geddes Sex vi. 122 At the time of sexual maturity, according to Steinach, the brain is greatly influenced by the internal secretions, it is ‘eroticised’.
1915 E. Pound Let. c7 Sept. in Lett. J. Joyce (1966) II. 366 Bed rooms [sic] scenes where the audience can be tittivated, eroticised.
1955 H. Marcuse Eros & Civilization (1956) ii. 39 Their unrepressed development would eroticize the organism.
1970 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. Apr. 154 More women [than men] were embarrassed by eroticized stories and would not attend a sexy show if they could avoid it.
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