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A quick perusal of on line dictionaries indicates that reiterate has more of a repetitive connotation than does iterate. That is, reiterate has more of a feeling of "enough already" not present in the less overbearing iterate.
But perhaps only the ill-iterate would retain sufficient feeling for the nuances of spoken language to detect that.
Dazzle is of course from an English (or possibly Norse, but it entered the English language early enough) stem and thus takes the English intensifier be-.
I trust I may be allowed sufficient time to browse a brick and mortar dictionary to find a re- verb that will satisfy your requirements, Dub Dub'?
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Dub-dub, would you accept an example using a different prefix? Such as flammable/inflammable?
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I thought of reemphasize, but that just means to emphasize again or anew rather than emphasize more.
I can't for the moment think of a usage of re- as an intensifier; the other common meaning of the prefix re- is back, as in recall or react....
oh, wait... how about refine?
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how about refine?
Hmm, this requires some thought. I'll have to redouble my efforts.
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Hmm, this requires some thought. I'll have to redouble my efforts.
Fine by me.
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>I don't believe fine/refine, call/recall, and
act/react work in the same way....
well, I didn't lump them together. in fact, the only one I suggested might fit the intensifier bill was refine, thusly:
fine: to make fine or pure; to purify from extraneous or impure matter
refine: to free from imperfections or defects; to bring to a more perfect state
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I was fined and refined one day when I forgot I'd parked my car in the alley instead of the parking lot per usual. Dang Autopark Nazis cost me $16.00 instead of just $8.00.
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