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Meaning of heighten

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  heighten
      v 1: become more extreme; "The tension heightened" [syn:
           {heighten}, {rise}]
      2: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity;
         "heightened interest"
      3: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the
         tension" [syn: {enhance}, {heighten}, {raise}]
      4: increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the
         steadily heightened bars"
      5: make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your
         vision" [syn: {sharpen}, {heighten}]
      6: make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts
         were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for
         her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This
         event only deepened my convictions" [syn: {intensify},
         {compound}, {heighten}, {deepen}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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