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Webster 1913 Edition


Heighten

Height′en

(hīt′’n)
,
Verb.
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.

Definition 2024


heighten

heighten

English

Verb

heighten (third-person singular simple present heightens, present participle heightening, simple past and past participle heightened)

  1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
  2. To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
    to heighten beauty
    to heighten a flavor or a tint
    to heighten his awareness
    • 2006, Ashley Seager, Employment rise gives chancellor a boost, published in The Guardian Online, 6 December 2006
      If Mr Brown chooses, he could raise his estimate of the economy's "trend" rate of growth in the coming years and so heighten his hopes of tax revenues.

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