latensify

[ley-ten-suh-fahy]

verb (used with object), la·ten·si·fied, la·ten·si·fy·ing. Photography.

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

Origin of latensify

1935–40; la(tent) + (in)tensify, modeled on latensification, a blend of latent and intensification

Related formsla·ten·si·fi·ca·tion

[ley-ten-suh-fi-key-shuh n] /leɪˌtɛn sə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun