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Heightening

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height⋅en

  [hahyt-n]
Use Heightening in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to increase the height of; make higher.
2. to increase the degree or amount of; augment: Cézanne's death heightened the value of his paintings.
3. to strengthen, deepen, or intensify: to heighten the plot of a story; to heighten one's awareness or appreciation; to heighten one's suffering.
4. to bring out the important features of, as in a drawing: to heighten a picture with Chinese white.
–verb (used without object)
5. to become higher.
6. to increase: The tension heightened as the enemy forces advanced.
7. to brighten or become more intense.
Origin:
1515–25; height + -en 1

Related forms:
height⋅en⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See elevate.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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height·en   (hīt'n)   
v.   height·ened, height·en·ing, height·ens

v.   tr.

  1. To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify.

  2. To make high or higher; raise.

v.   intr.

  1. To rise or increase in quantity or degree; intensify.

  2. To become high or higher; rise.

height'en·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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