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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           How piercing is the sting of pride
           By want embittered and intensified.      --Longfellow.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  intensified \intensified\ adj.
     made more severe or intense, especially in law.
  
     Syn: aggravated.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  intensified
       See {intensify}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "intensified":
     accelerated, aggrandized, aggravated, amplified, annoyed,
     augmented, beefed-up, bloated, boosted, broadened, deepened,
     deliberately provoked, elevated, embittered, enhanced, enlarged,
     exacerbated, exasperated, expanded, extended, heated up,
     heightened, hiked, hotted up, increased, inflated, irritated,
     jazzed up, magnified, multiplied, proliferated, provoked, raised,
     reinforced, soured, spread, stiffened, strengthened, swollen,
     tightened, widened, worse, worsened
  
  

















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