Definition of Hieghten
Height"en (hīt"'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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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