'Intensify' definitions:

Definition of 'intensify'

(from WordNet)
verb
Increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing" [syn: escalate, intensify, step up] [ant: de-escalate, step down, weaken]
verb
Make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" [syn: intensify, compound, heighten, deepen]
verb
Become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" [syn: intensify, deepen]
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'

From: GCIDE
  • Intensify \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. [1913 Webster]
  • How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered and intensified. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Intensify'

From: GCIDE
  • Intensify \In*ten"si*fy\, v. i. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy. [1913 Webster]

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