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heighten

verb
/ˈhaɪ̯.tən/

Etymology

From Middle English heightenen, hyghtenen, equivalent to height + -en (verbal suffix).

  1. inherited from heightenen

Definitions

  1. To make high

    To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

    • Black Bridge, near Machynlleth, is being heightened by one metre in a £3.6 million project to reduce delays caused by flooding.

  2. To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.

    • to heighten beauty
    • to heighten a flavor or a tint
    • to heighten awareness

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Derived

heightener, heighten up, overheighten, reheighten

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at heighten. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01heighten02increase03greaten04great05fantastic06intensifier07heightens

A definitional loop anchored at heighten. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at heighten

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA