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intensive
  درتنویی‌مند  
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Fr.: intensif  

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by intensity.

  2. Tending to intensify; intensifying.

  3. Requiring or having a high concentration of a specified quality or element (used in combination).

  4. Grammar: Indicating increased emphasis or force. “Certainly” is an intensive adverb. “Myself,” in I did it myself, is an intensive pronoun (Dictionary.com).

See also: → intense; → -ive.