Part 5950

<hw>In*ten"sate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intensated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intensating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Intense</er>.]</ety> <def>To intensify.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Emerson.</i>

<h1>Intensation</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In`ten*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Intensative</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In*ten"sa*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Adding intensity; intensifying.</def>

<h1>Intense</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In*tense"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intensus</ets> stretched, tight, p. p. of <ets>intendere</ets> to stretch: cf. F. <ets>intense</ets>. See <er>Intend</er>, and cf. <er>Intent</er>, and cf. <er>Intent</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; <as>as, <ex>intense</ex> study or application; <ex>intense</ex> thought.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: <sd>(a)</sd> Ardent; fervent; <as>as, <ex>intense</ex> heat</as>. <sd>(b)</sd> Keen; biting; <as>as, <ex>intense</ex> cold</as>. <sd>(c)</sd> Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; <as>as, <ex>intense</ex> passion or hate</as>. <sd>(d)</sd> Very severe; violent; <as>as, <ex>intense</ex> pain or anguish</as>. <sd>(e)</sd> Deep; strong; brilliant; <as>as, <ex>intense</ex> color or light</as>.</def>

<blockquote>In this <b>intense</b> seclusion of the forest. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intensely</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In*tense"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Intently.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>J. Spencer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To an extreme degree; <as>as, weather <ex>intensely</ex> cold</as>.</def>

<h1>Intenseness</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In*tense"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being intense; intensity; <as>as, the <ex>intenseness</ex> of heat or cold; the <ex>intenseness</ex> of study or thought.</as></def>

<h1>Intensification</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In*ten`si*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.</def>

<h1>Intensifier</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In*ten"si*fi`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.</def>

<h1>Intensify</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In*ten"si*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intensified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intensifying</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>Intense</ets> + -<ets>fly</ets>.]</ety> <def>To render more intense; <as>as, to <ex>intensify</ex> heat or cold; to <ex>intensify</ex> colors; to <ex>intensify</ex> a photographic negative; to <ex>intensify</ex> animosity.</as></def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered and <b>intensified</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intensify</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In*ten"si*fy</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.</def>