latensify

\\ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌfī\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s)

Etymology: from latensification, after English intensification : intensify

: to subject to latensification

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—latensification /lay ten'seuh fi kay"sheuhn/, n.

/lay ten"seuh fuy'/, v.t., latensified, latensifying. Photog.

to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.

[1935-40; LA(TENT) + (IN)TENSIFY, modeled on latensification, b. LATENT and INTENSIFICATION]