Definition of heighten
1a : to increase the amount or degree of : augment
b : to make brighter or more intense : deepen
c : to bring out more strongly : point up
d : to make more acute : sharpen
2a : to raise high or higher : elevate
b : to raise above the ordinary or trite
2a : to become great or greater in amount, degree, or extent
b : to become brighter or more intense
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The first known use of heighten was in 1523
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