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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
