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intense (adj.)
c. 1400, from Middle French
intense
(13c.), from Latin
intensus
"stretched, strained, tight," originally past participle of
intendere
"to stretch out, strain" (see
intend
); thus, literally, "high-strung." Related:
Intensely
.