Intensifier

2 definitions found

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

  Intensifier \In*ten"si*fi`er\, n.
     One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in
     photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows
     of a picture.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  intensifier
       n : a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the
           meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an
           intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is
           an intensifier" [syn: {intensive}]