INTENSIVE

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. Sir M. Hale.

2.
a.

Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

3.
a.

Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.

4.
n.

That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.


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