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.
© Webster 1913.