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heighten

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  1. intensify             
 
height.en \'hi-t-*n\ \'hi-t-nin, -*n-in\ vb or height.en.ing 1a: to 
   increase the amount or degree of : AUGMENT  1b: to make brighter or more 
   intense : DEEPEN  1c: to bring out more strongly : point up  1d: to make 
   more acute : SHARPEN  2a: to raise high or higher : ELEVATE  2b: to raise 
   above the ordinary or trite  obs  3: ELATE  archaic  1: GROW, RISE  2a: to 
   become great or greater in amount, degree, or extent  2b: to become 
   brighter or more intense