Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intensifier"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intensifier \In*ten"si*fi`er\, n.
One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in
photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows
of a picture.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intensifier
n : 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" [syn: {intensive}]
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