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intensifier

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intensifier(n = noun.communication) intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

is a kind of modifier, qualifier

Derived form verb intensify₂

intensifier, n.

One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture. [1913 Webster]

intensifier, n.
1 a person or thing that intensifies.
2 Gram. = INTENSIVE n.

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