That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word. Intense Very passionate, emotional, or deep She felt an intense connection to the song. Intensive A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; `up' in `finished up' is an intensifier `honestly...
Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition. Designating, or pertaining to, any system of farming or horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in which the soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to get as much return as possible; - opposed...
(grammar) Serving to give force or emphasis. anintensiveverb or preposition Related terms * intense See also * extensive Noun (en noun) (linguistics) Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built. ---...