intensea.[L. intensus stretched, tight, p. p. of intendere to stretch: cf. F. intense. See Intend, and cf. Intent, and cf. Intent, a.]()1. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.()2. Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate;()In this intense seclusion of the forest. (Hawthorne.)