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Intensify

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 \Inten"sify\, 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. \Inten"sify\, v. i. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

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

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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