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