intensive

1. Making something more intense; intensifying.Antonyms: extensive

2. Making something more intense; intensifying.Examples: "an intensive verb or preposition"; "Ariſtophanes deriueth it [the word asp] from Alpha, an intenſiue Particle, and Spizo vvhich ſignifieth to extend; either by reaſon of his ſharpe-ſhrill hiſſing, or for the length of his body."Synonyms: intensative

3. Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.Examples: "She was moved to the intensive-care unit of the hospital."

4. (obsolete)Examples: "As his [God's] Perfection is infinitely greater than the perfection of a Man, ſo it is infinitely greater than the perfection of an Angel; and vvere it not infinitely greater than the perfection of an Angel, it could not be infinitely greater than the perfection of a Man, becauſe the intenſive diſtance betvveen the perfection of an Angel and of a Man is but finite: […]"obsolete

5. (obsolete)Examples: "Faſcination is the povver and act of Imagination, intenſiue vpon other bodies, than the bodie of the Imaginant; […]"; "The queſtion is in vvhat part of this Serpent the poyſon doth lye; Some ſay in the head alone, and that therefore the Bazeliske is deafe, bycauſe the Ayre vvhich ſerueth the Organe of hearing, is reſolued by the intenſiue calidity: but this ſeemeth not to bee true, […]"; "[T]he Imagination invvardly or outvvardly moued, repreſents to the vnderſtanding, not intiſements only to favour the paſſion or diſlike, but a very intenſiue pleaſure follovves the paſſion, or diſpleaſure, and the vvill and reaſon are captivated by delighting in it."Synonyms: intenseobsolete