資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Intensify \In*ten"si*fy\, 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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

intensified
     See {intensify}

intensify
     v 1: increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the
          bombing" [syn: {escalate}, {step up}] [ant: {de-escalate}]
     2: make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts
        were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike
        for her"; "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness";
        "This event only deepened my convictions" [syn: {compound},
         {heighten}, {deepen}]
     3: become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike
        for raw fish only deepened in Japan" [syn: {deepen}]
     4: make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or
        more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between
        light and dark
     [also: {intensified}]

intensified
     adj : made more intense; "the intensified scrutiny of the
           candidate's background"