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intensen en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈtɛn.sən/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From intense + -en.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, rare) To grow or become more intense; intensify
   • Punctually as we stand-to about 3 a.m. hark! and their thin sweet voice intensening with the growing light 'droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven upon the place beneath'. 2016, John Lewis-Stempel, Where Poppies Blow:
   • As the fight intensened the sky seemed to turn an orange-yellow and black smoke rose into the air. 2011, Ricky Spain, Jr., The Protectors, page 120:
   • By the last trip, suddenly and almost without my being aware of it, the sea becomes its own lure: a refreshing break from the intensening heat of August. 1973, The School Counselor, volume 21, page 142:

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