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English Dictionary: intensive	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intensive adj characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor- intensive industry" tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb" of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions" Antonym(s): extensive n a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" Synonym(s): intensifier, intensive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intensive \Inten"sive\, a. [Cf. F. intensif. See {Intense}.] 1. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. --Sir M. Hale. 2. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. 3. (Gram.) Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive* verb or preposition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intensive \Inten"sive\, n. That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive* verb or word.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intensive \In*ten"sive\, a. (Agric.) Designating, or pertaining to, any system of farming or horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in which the soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to get as much return as possible; -- opposed to {extensive}.