HEIGHTEN

heighten. Heighten, v.t. to raise, increase, exalt

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Height″en (hīt″'n), v. t. [Written also highten.] [imp. & p. p. Heightened (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Heightening.] 1. 1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
2. 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.