heighten

English

Etymology

height +‎ -en

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪtən

Verb

heighten (third-person singular simple present heightens, present participle heightening, simple past and past participle heightened)

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.

Translations

to make higher

• Dutch: verhogen (nl), op (nl)
• Finnish: korottaa (fi)

• Russian: повышать (ru) (povyšátʹ) impf., повысить (ru) (povýsitʹ) pf.

to augment, aggravate, intensify

• Catalan: aixecar (ca)
• Dutch: aandikken (nl), opsmukken (nl)

• Finnish: korostaa (fi)
• Russian: повышаться (ru) (povyšátʹsja) impf., повыситься (ru) (povýsitʹsja) pf.