Intensify
21intensify — in·ten·si·fy in ten(t) sə .fī vb, fied; fy·ing vt 1) to make intense or more intensive 2 a) to increase the density and contrast of (a photographic image) by special treatment b) to make more acute <use of illicit drugs intensified the patient …
22intensify — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, accent, accentuate, accrue, accumulate, advance, agent provocateur, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy, appreciate, augment, balloon, beef up, bloat, blow up, boom, breed, broaden, build up, complicate,… …
23intensify — in|ten|si|fy [ınˈtensıfaı] v past tense and past participle intensified present participle intensifying third person singular intensifies [I and T] to increase in degree or strength, or to make something do this ▪ In June the civil war… …
24intensify — in ten·si·fy || ɪn tensɪfaɪ v. make intense; strengthen, increase, heighten …
25intensify — verb (intensifies, intensifying, intensified) 1》 make or become more intense. 2》 Photography increase the opacity of (a negative) using a chemical. Derivatives intensification noun Origin C19: coined by Coleridge …
26intensify — v. a. Strengthen, deepen, quicken, make intense, make more intense …
27intensify — v 1. sharpen, heighten, deepen, thicken; strengthen, concentrate, Inf. beef up, reinforce; magnify, enhance, enrich; exaggerate, make much of, overstate, overstress, overcharge. 2. aggravate, exacerbate, worsen; accelerate, snowball, mushroom;… …
28intensify — in·ten·si·fy …
29intensify — verb Syn: escalate, increase, step up, raise, strengthen, reinforce, pick up, build up, heighten, deepen, extend, expand, amplify, magnify, aggravate, exacerbate, worsen, inflame, compound Ant …
30intensify — in•ten•si•fy [[t]ɪnˈtɛn səˌfaɪ[/t]] v. fied, fy•ing 1) to make intense or more intense 2) pht to increase the density and contrast of (a photographic negative) chemically 3) to become intense or more intense • Etymology: 1810–20 in•ten… …
