About The Word Intensify

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Intensify

Intensify Meaning & Definition
Intensify Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Intensify?

[v] become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
[v] make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
[v] increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
[v] photography: make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

Synonyms | Synonyms for Intensify: compound | deepen | escalate | heighten | step up

Related Terms | Find terms related to Intensify: accelerate | accent | accentuate | accrue | accumulate | advance | agent provocateur | aggrandize | aggravate | amplify | annoy | appreciate | augment | balloon | beef up | bloat | blow up | boom | breed | broaden | build up | complicate | concentrate | condense | consolidate | crescendo | deepen | deteriorate | develop | double | embitter | emphasize | enhance | enlarge | escalate | exacerbate | exaggerate | exalt | exasperate | focus | gain | gain strength | get ahead | go up | grow | heat up | heighten | hop up | hot up | increase | irritate | jazz up | key up | magnify | make acute | make complex | make worse | mount | multiply | proliferate | provoke | quicken | ramify | redouble | reinforce | rise | rouse | run up | sharpen | shoot up | snowball | soup up | sour | spread | step up | strengthen | stress | swell | triple | wax | whet | widen | worsen

See Also | accelerate | alter | amplify | break open | build | burst out | change | condense | enhance | erupt | fan | flare | flare up | heat up | hot up | increase | intensify | quicken | raise | redouble | screw up | sharpen | speed | speed up

Intensify In Webster's Dictionary

\In*ten"si*fy\, v. 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\, v. i. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

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