intensify

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To render more intense.

   to intensify the heat or cold

2. 2
   verb

   To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

   Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.

3. 3
   verb

   become more intense

4. 4
   verb

   make more intense, stronger, or more marked

5. 5
   verb

   increase in extent or intensity

6. 6
   verb

   make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

Etymology

From intense + -ify. Compare French intensifier.