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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. ``To heighten our
confusion.'' --Addison.
An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to
the miraculous. --Hawthorne.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
heightening
adj 1: rising progressively; "the building suspense"; "the
heightening drama" [syn: {building(a)}, {heightening(a)}]
2: reaching a higher intensity; "their heightening fears" [syn:
{heightening(a)}]
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