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Intensify
Pronunciation : In*ten"si*fy
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Intense + -fly.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Intensified; p. pr. & vb. n. Intensifying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : In*ten"si*fy
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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