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Noun: intensifier  in'tensu`fIu(r)
  1. 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"
    - intensive

Derived forms: intensifiers

See also: intensify, intensive

Type of: modifier, qualifier

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