intensive

1. a. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. Source: opted

2. a. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense. Source: opted

3. a. Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition. Source: opted

4. n. That which word/intensifies">intensifies or word/emphasizes">emphasizes; an intensive verb or word. Source: opted

5. adj. characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form Source: wordnet

6. adj. tending to give force or emphasis Source: wordnet

7. adj. of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor Source: wordnet

8. n. a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies Source: wordnet

9. 1. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. Sir M. Hale. 2. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton. 3. (Gram.) Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition. That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word. Source: webster

10. Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb orpreposition. Source: adambom

11. j:100 s. characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form a. tending to give force or emphasis a. of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor Source: ecdict

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