Intense
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late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin intensus ‘stretched tightly, strained’, past participle of intendere (see intend).
wiktionary
Borrowed from Middle French intense, from Latin intensus(“stretched tight”), past participle of intendere(“to stretch out”), from in(“in, upon, to”) + tendere(“to stretch”).
etymonline
intense (adj.)
early 15c., of situations or qualities, "great, extreme," from Old French intense (13c.), from Latin intensus "stretched, strained, high-strung, tight," originally past participle of intendere in its literal sense of "stretch out, strain" (see intend). From 1630s of persons, "high-strung." Related: Intensely; intenseness.
