heighten
['haitn]
vt. , ,

vi. 升,



heighten
[ verb ]

1. become more extreme

<verb.change> rise
The tension heightened

2. make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

<verb.change>
heightened interest

3. increase

<verb.change> enhance raise
This will enhance your enjoyment
heighten the tension

4. increase the height of

<verb.motion>
The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars

5. make (one's senses) more acute

<verb.change> sharpen
This drug will sharpen your vision

6. make more intense, stronger, or more marked

<verb.change> compound deepen intensify
The efforts were intensified
Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
This event only deepened my convictions

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.