Intensify, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intensified; p. pr. & vb. n. Intensifying.]
Etymology: [Intense + -fly.]
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.
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Intensify, v. i.
To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists intensify only as an antonym, under alleviate.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given