HEIGHTEN
\hˈa͡ɪtən], \hˈaɪtən], \h_ˈaɪ_t_ə_n]\
Definitions of HEIGHTEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
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make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"
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make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
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become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
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increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
By Princeton University
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increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
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make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
