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Webster 1913 Edition

Intense

In-tense′

,
Adj.
[L.
intensus
stretched, tight, p. p. of
intendere
to stretch: cf. F.
intense
. See
Intend
, and cf.
Intent
, and cf.
Intent
,
Adj.
]
1.
Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest;
as,
intense
study or application;
intense
thought.
2.
Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate;
as:
(a)
Ardent; fervent;
as,
intense
heat
.
(b)
Keen; biting;
as,
intense
cold
.
(c)
Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong;
as,
intense
passion or hate
.
(d)
Very severe; violent;
as,
intense
pain or anguish
.
(e)
Deep; strong; brilliant;
as,
intense
color or light
.
In this
intense
seclusion of the forest.
Hawthorne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intense

INTENSE

,
Adj.
intens'. [L. intensus, from intendo, to stretch.]
1.
Literally, strained, stretched; hence, very close, strict,as when the mind is fixed or bent on a particular subject; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
2.
Raised to a high degree; violent; vehement; as intense heat.
3.
Very severe or keen; as intense cold.
4.
Vehement; ardent; as intense phrases in language.
5.
Extreme in degree.
The doctrine of the atonement supposes that the sins of men were so laid on Christ, that his sufferings were inconceivably intense and overwhelming.
6.
Kept on the stretch; anxiously attentive; opposed to remiss.

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