enhanciveadj.
/ɛnˈhɑːnsɪv//ɛnˈhansɪv/ That tends to enhance or intensify; spec. designating a sentence or word of which the second part is more forcible than the first, or the second part itself.
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intensive1608
enhancive1853
ascensive1857
intensative1872
elative1906
the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing in intensity or degree
risinga1398
upcreeping1611
acuationa1655
heightening1774
strengthening1794
upswelling1855
exalting1859
intensifying1863
enhancive1889
1853 B. B. Edwards & S. H. Taylor tr. R. Kühner Gram. Greek Lang. §321 A copulative coördinate sentence is either annexive or enhansive.
1889 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 708 What so..enhancive of the glow of the bright firelight..as that delightful ball of warm dark-grey fur coiled up upon the hearth?
1904 A. B. Davidson Theol. O.T. iii. 99 Elohim—a plural not numerical, but simply enhancive of the idea of might.
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