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–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 + -en¹

]

—Related forms

height·en·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. See elevate.

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height·en Audio Help   (hīt'n) Pronunciation Key
v.   height·ened, height·en·ing, height·ens

v.   tr.

To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify.
To make high or higher; raise.

v. intr.

To rise or increase in quantity or degree; intensify.
To become high or higher; rise.

height'en·er n.

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heighten
verb
1.	become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
2.	make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"
3.	increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" [syn: enhance]
4.	increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
5.	make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision" [syn: sharpen]
6.	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" [syn: intensify]

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ˈheighten1 verb

to make or become higher
Example: to heighten the garden wall

Arabic:	يَرْفَع
Chinese (Simplified):	加高
Chinese (Traditional):	加高
Czech:	zvýšit
Danish:	forhøje
Dutch:	verhogen, ophogen, hoger worden, (aan) hoogte winnen
Estonian:	kõrgendama
Finnish:	korottaa
French:	(sur)élever
German:	erhöhen
Greek:	υψώνω
Hungarian:	magasít; felemel
Icelandic:	hækka
Indonesian:	meninggikan
Italian:	innalzare

Japanese:	高くする (なる)
Korean:	높이다; 높아지다
Latvian:	paaugstināt; palielināt; pastiprināt
Lithuanian:	paaukštėti, paaukštinti
Norwegian:	forhøye, lage høyere
Polish:	podwyższać
Portuguese (Brazil):	elevar
Romanian:	a înălţa
Russian:	повышать(ся)
Slovak:	zvýšiť
Slovenian:	zvišati (se)
Spanish:	elevar, levantar, hacer más alto
Swedish:	höja, bli högre
Turkish:	yüksel(t)mek

ˈheighten2 verb

to increase (an effect etc)

Arabic:	يَزيد، يَرْفَع
Chinese (Simplified):	增加
Chinese (Traditional):	增加
Czech:	zvýšit
Danish:	øge
Dutch:	verhogen, doen toenemen
Estonian:	tõstma
Finnish:	tehostaa
French:	intensifier
German:	steigern
Greek:	αυξάνω, αυξάνομαι
Hungarian:	fokoz
Icelandic:	auka
Indonesian:	meningkatkan
Italian:	intensificare

Japanese:	増す
Korean:	증가시키다
Latvian:	vairot
Lithuanian:	sustiprinti, sustiprėti
Norwegian:	øke, forsterke
Polish:	wzmagać
Portuguese (Brazil):	intensificar
Portuguese (Portugal):	aumentar
Romanian:	creşte; a spori
Russian:	усиливать
Slovak:	zvýšiť
Slovenian:	stopnjevati
Spanish:	aumentar, intensificar
Swedish:	höja, öka, stiga, tillta
Turkish:	artmak

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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. "To heighten our confusion." --Addison.

An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. --Hawthorne.

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