intensify

Found in thesaurus: increase, change, modify, alter

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intensify
v. make intense; strengthen, increase, heighten

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intensify

Verb
1. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
(synonym) escalate, step up
(hypernym) increase
(hyponym) redouble
(derivation) intensity, intensiveness
2. 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"
(synonym) compound, heighten, deepen
(hypernym) increase
(hyponym) heat up, hot up, screw up
(cause) deepen
(derivation) intensity, intensiveness
3. become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
(synonym) deepen
(hypernym) increase
(hyponym) build
(derivation) intensity, intensiveness
4. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) saturation, chroma, intensity, vividness
(classification) photography


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intensify
v. zesílit; stupňovat se

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intensify
Czas. wzmacniać (się); przybierać na sile

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Intensify
(v. t.)
To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.
  
 
(v. i.)
To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About