tensify,v.rare.|ˈtɛnsɪfaɪ| [f. L. tens-us, tense a. + -(i)fy.] trans. To make tense. 1869Bushnell Wom. Suffrage iii. 50 Fibred, tensified and toned for action.1932V. Woolf Common Reader 2nd Ser. 145 That strain of..passion did..not tensify the quiet of the country morning.