intensify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: intensify	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for intensify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intensify v increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing" Synonym(s): escalate, intensify, step up Antonym(s): de-escalate, step down, weaken 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" Synonym(s): intensify, compound, heighten, deepen become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" Synonym(s): intensify, deepen make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intensify \Inten"sify\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intensified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Intensifying}.] [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intensify \Inten"sify\, v. i. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.