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heightened
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Heightened
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to
the miraculous. --Hawthorne.
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Heightened
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to
the miraculous. --Hawthorne.
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