intensify

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    increase in extent or intensity
    make more intense, stronger, or more marked
    become more intense
    make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

Word Origin

intensify (v.)
1817, from intense + -ify, first attested in Coleridge, in place of intend, which he said no longer was felt as connected with intense. Middle English used intensen (v.) "to increase (something), strengthen, intensify," early 15c. Related: Intensified; intensifying.

Example

1. This process will intensify as companies make deeper cuts .
2. Major airlines intensify deployment of internet service on flights .
3. But analysts said the trend was set to intensify .
4. Stimulant use can cause temporary thought disorder or intensify an underlying thought disorder or hypomanic state .
5. Protests against the facility appeared to intensify saturday and sunday .

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