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English
Etymology
From intense + -ify. Compare French intensifier.
Pronunciation
Verb
intensify (third-person singular simple present intensifies, present participle intensifying, simple past and past participle intensified)
- (transitive) To render more intense
to intensify the heat or cold
to intensify colors
to intensify animosity
- (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
2019 August 7, Marissa Brostoff, Noah Kulwin, “The Right Kind of Continuity”, in Jewish Currents:Feminist critiques of continuity discourse have become increasingly audible within the mainstream Jewish world, intensifying last year after [Steven M.] Cohen himself was accused of serial sexual harassment.
Synonyms
- (become intense or more intense): intensen
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