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reintensify

verb

Etymology

From re- + intensify.

  1. derived from *tend-✻ — “to extend, stretch”
  2. derived from intēnsus — “strained, stretched tight; intense; attentive; violent; (rare) eager, intent”
  3. derived from intense
  4. inherited from intens
  5. suffixed as intensify — “intense + ify”
  6. prefixed as reintensify — “re + intensify”

Definitions

  1. To intensify again.

    • The lifting or the developed fixed print is done by first reintensifying it with any contrast coloured powder and then lifting by collotape lifter.

  2. To become intense again.

    • Major initiatives now appear unlikely unless the financial crisis reintensifies, as the bank assesses whether the much-discussed “green shoots” in recent data releases will wither or take root.
    • Not surprisingly, Donna briefly reintensified after returning to the temperate Atlantic, seeing the rapid drop in its central pressure once again boot it from a Category 2 to a Category 3 hurricane on the evening of September 11.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA