In*tense"ness, n. The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as,
the intenseness of heat or cold; the intenseness of study or thought.
In*ten`si*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The act or process of intensifying, or of
making more intense.
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.
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.
In*ten"si*fy, v. i. To become intense, or more intense; to act with
increasing power or energy.
In*ten"sion (?), n. [L. intensio: cf. F. intension. See Intend, and cf.
Intention.]
1. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained;
as, the intension of a musical string.
2. Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness;
fervency. Jer. Taylor.
Sounds . . . likewise do rise and fall with the intension or
remission of the wind.
Bacon.
3. (Logic & Metaph.) The collective attributes, qualities, or marks
that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or
connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.
This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse
ratio of its extension.
Sir W. Hamilton.
In*ten"si*tive (?), a. Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive;
as, the intensitive words of a sentence. H. Sweet.