intensify

Intensify is defined as to make something much stronger or more intense.

(verb)

An example of intensify is wearing false eyelashes to make your eyes stand out.

See intensify in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to make intense or more intense; increase; strengthen
Photog. to make (a film, etc.) more dense or opaque by treating with an intensifier

intransitive verb

to become intense or increase in intensity

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See intensify in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb in·ten·si·fied, in·ten·si·fy·ing, in·ten·si·fies

verb, transitive

To make intense or more intense: The press has intensified its scrutiny of the candidate's background.
To increase the contrast of (a photographic image).

verb, intransitive

To become intense or more intense: The search intensified as dusk approached.

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