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Intensation

Inˊten-sa′tion

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Noun.
The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax.
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Carlyle.

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intensation

intensation

English

Noun

intensation (countable and uncountable, plural intensations)

  1. (archaic) The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax.
    • 1828 Thomas Carlyle, Goethe, Foreign Review
      And who will warrant us that, at the same time, he shall only be an intensation and continuation of the old, which in general, is what we long and look for?