Meaning of HEIGHTEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'hItn
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- [v] make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
- [v] increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
- [v] make more acute; as of one's senses; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
- [v] make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"
- [v] become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
- [v] increase the height of
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| | Synonyms: | | compound, deepen, intensify, rise |
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| | See Also: | | amplify, bring up, elevate, enhance, fan, get up, heat up, heighten, hot up, increase, lift, potentiate, raise, raise, screw up, sharpen, subtilise, subtilize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Height"en\ (h[imac]t"'n), v. t. [Written also
{highten}.] [imp. & p. p. {Heightened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Heightening}.]
1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
2. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to
aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; --
used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to
heighten a flavor or a tint. ``To heighten our
confusion.'' --Addison.
An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to
the miraculous. --Hawthorne.
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