heighten : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: heighten	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for heighten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heighten v become more extreme; "The tension heightened" [syn: heighten, rise] make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest" increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" Synonym(s): enhance, heighten, raise increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars" make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision" Synonym(s): sharpen, heighten make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" Synonym(s): intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heighten \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. [bd]To heighten our confusion.[b8] --Addison. An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. --Hawthorne.