HEIGHTEN

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

2.
v.

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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