Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-TENS'I-TY
IN-TENS'I-TY, n. [Fr. intensité.]
- The state of being strained or stretched; intenseness, as of a musical cord.
- The state of being raised to a great degree; extreme violence; as, the intensity of heat.
- Extreme closeness; as, intensity of application.
- Excess; extreme degree; as, the intensity of guilt. Burke.
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