D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Intensify

/ĭn-tĕn'-səf-īˌ/ · In·ten·si·fy · IPA /ɪnˈtɛnsɪfaɪ/
01 v. t. To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.
imp. & p. p. Intensified; p. pr. & vb. n. Intensifying
  1. 1.
    To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.
    “How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered and intensified.” Longfellow.
02 v. i. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
  1. 1.
    To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.