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Noun
Definition: 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"
Definition: Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.
Adjective
Definition: characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry"
Definition: tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb"
Definition: of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions"
Definition: Thorough; to a great degree; with intensity.