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Webster 1913 Edition


Intensify

In-ten′si-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Intensified
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Intensifying
.]
[
Intense
+
-fly
.]
To render more intense;
as, to
intensify
heat or cold; to
intensify
colors; to
intensify
a photographic negative; to
intensify
animosity.
Bacon.
How piercing is the sting of pride
By want embittered and
intensified
.
Longfellow.

In-ten′si-fy

,
Verb.
I.
To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

Definition 2024


intensify

intensify

English

Verb

intensify (third-person singular simple present intensifies, present participle intensifying, simple past and past participle intensified)

  1. (transitive) To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.
  2. (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

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