Intensify

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  • intransitive verb. To make intense or more intense.
  • intransitive verb. To increase the contrast of (a photographic image).
  • intransitive verb. To become intense or more intense.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To render intense or more intense; heighten the action or some quality of.
  • Specifically, in photography, to render more opaque, as the chemically affected parts of a negative. See intensification, 2.
  • To become intense or more intense; act with greater effort or energy.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To render more intense
  • intransitive verb. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.
  • verb. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
  • verb. become more intense
  • verb. increase in extent or intensity
  • verb. make more intense, stronger, or more marked
    • Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    abate  fade  relax  weaken  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    alter  change  modify  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    biologic  chart-topper  computer-to-computer  imperialistic  incapacitate  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accelerate  accent  accentuate  accrue  accumulate  
    variant
    intensified  
    verb-form
    intensified  intensifies  intensifying  
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