tensifyv.
/ˈtɛnsɪfʌɪ/ rare.
transitive. To make tense.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > put into a state of tension [verb (transitive)]
to wind up1602
winda1635
strain1667
string1860
tensify1869
wire1974
the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [verb (transitive)] > make taut
stretcha1387
bracec1440
wrench1577
span1598
tend1646
span1650
screw1657
tauten1777
tensify1869
tense1884
tension1891
1869 H. Bushnell Women's Suffrage iii. 50 Fibred, tensified and toned for action.
1932 V. Woolf Common Reader 2nd Ser. 145 That strain of..passion did..not tensify the quiet of the country morning.
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