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intensation

intensation noun: the act or process of intensifying; intensification.

Noun

intensation (countable and uncountable, plural intensations)

  1. (archaic) The act or process of intensifying; intensification.
    • And who will warrant us that, at the same time, he shall only be an intensation and continuation of the old, which in general, is what we long and look for?1828, Thomas Carlyle, “Goethe”, in Foreign Review

Forms of intensation

pluralintensations

Origin of intensation

From intense + -ation.

Questions about intensation

What does intensation mean?
Intensation means the act or process of intensifying; intensification.
What part of speech is intensation?
Intensation is a noun.
What is the plural of intensation?
The plural of intensation is intensations.

Words near intensation in the dictionary

  1. intenible
  2. intensate
  3. intensated
  4. intensates
  5. intensating
  6. intensation
  7. intensations
  8. intensative
  9. intense
  10. intensely
  11. intensen

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