intensify

1. (transitive) To render more intenseExamples: "to intensify the heat or cold"; "to intensify colors"; "to intensify a photographic negative"transitive

2. (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.Examples: "Feminist critiques of continuity discourse have become increasingly audible within the mainstream Jewish world, intensifying last year after [Steven M.] Cohen himself was accused of serial sexual harassment."Synonyms: intensen, exaltintransitive