Definitions for intensify
ɪnˈtɛn səˌfaɪin·ten·si·fy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. escalate, intensify, step upverb

   increase in extent or intensity

   "The Allies escalated the bombing"

2. intensify, compound, heighten, deepenverb

   make more intense, stronger, or more marked

   "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"

3. intensify, deepenverb

   become more intense

   "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"

4. intensifyverb

   make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. intensifyverb

   To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

2. intensifyverb

   To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

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1. Intensify

   Intensify is the second studio album by English electronic music duo Way Out West, released on 20 August 2001 by Distinct'ive Records. The album was marked by a move from the defunct Deconstruction Records label to Distinctive, and a change in their sound, from club instrumentals and sampled vocals to a mixture of club tracks and original songs.

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1. intensify

   To increase in degree, power, severity or strength; to make more intense. It can also refer to the act of making something more concentrated or focused.

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1. Intensifyverb

   to render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity

2. Intensifyverb

   to become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy

3. Etymology: [Intense + -fly.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of intensify in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of intensify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of intensify in a Sentence

1. Le Drian:

   We'll see how we can intensify our efforts in Iraq and Syria.

2. Chancellor Werner Faymann:

   One must transit to a Plan B. That means to intensify policies together with Germany to send back economic migrants and decrease overall numbers.

3. Le Drian:

   We have to tackle the evil at the root and intensify our efforts in order to isolate terrorism by drying up their sources of financing.

4. Chief Executive Philippe Petitcolin:

   In the coming months, the challenge of the LEAP ramp-up will intensify.

5. E. B. White:

   A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=intensify
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Intensify
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensify
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intensify
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=intensify