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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

intensified

.

Longfellow.

In-ten′si-fy

,

Verb.

I.

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