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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;
“To heighten our confusion.” as, to
heighten
beauty; to heighten
a flavor or a tint. Addison.
An aspect of mystery which was easily
heightened
to the miraculous. Hawthorne.