intensifier

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

intensifier
    n 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" [syn: {intensifier}, {intensive}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Intensifier \In*ten"si*fi`er\, n.
   One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in
   photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows
   of a picture.
   [1913 Webster]

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