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Definition of Intensify

1. Verb. Increase in extent or intensity. "The Allies escalated the bombing"

2. Verb. Make more intense, stronger, or more marked. "This event only deepened my convictions"

3. Verb. Become more intense. "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"

4. Verb. Make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark.

Definition of Intensify

1. v. t. To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

2. v. i. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

Definition of Intensify

1. [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Medical Definition of Intensify

1. To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colours; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity. "How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered and intensified." (Longfellow) Origin: Intense + -fly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intensify

intense intensely intenseness intensenesses intenser intensest intensification intensification intensification chemotherapy intensified

intensifier intensifier intensifiers intensifies intensify (current term) intensify (current term) intensifying intensifying screen intension intensional

intensionality intensionally intensions intensities intensity intensity intensity level intensity of sound intensive intensive

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