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intensify
/ɪnˈtɛnsəˌfaɪ/
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What does intensify mean?
verb
- To render more intense.
- To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪnˈtɛnsəˌfaɪ/
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At times her whimsical fancy would intensify natural processes around her till they seemed a part of her own story.
The great vigour of the male during the season of love seems often to intensify his colours, independently of any marked difference from the female.
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If the animal had been facing them, it would have produced no effect whatever, except to intensify the charge by maddening the already infuriated animal.
“I believe it looks kind of nubby,” encouraged the Angel, backing away, with her face all screwed into a twist in an effort to intensify her vision.
Fear and anxiety intensify disease conditions, poison the secretions of the body and inhibit the action of the healing forces.