Definition of Heightened

1. Verb. (past of heighten) ¹

2. Adjective. increased in intensity or concentration; elevated, stepped-up ¹

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Definition of Heightened

1. heighten [v] - See also: heighten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heightened

heiducs
heiduk
heiduks
heifer
heiferette
heiferettes
heifers
heigh
heigh-ho
height-length index
height above average terrain
height of contour
height vertigo
heighten
heightened
heightener
heighteners
heightening
heightening(a)
heightens
heightfield
heightfields
heighth
heighths
heightism
heightisms
heightist
heightless
heightmap

Literary usage of Heightened

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1850)
"... our sorrows heightened by a recollection of his friendship towards us both, and the many days we have spent as members of his family and sharers of his ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Devotion to the Virgin Mary, the tendency of the time, was not only accepted by the Cistercians, but their fervency heightened it. Mary is the patroness of ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Elaborate gilt borders and backgrounds of violet, heightened by gold network, etc., came into vogue; scenes a la Wat- teau, and the Dutch sea coast ..."

4. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1885)
"The interest of this flora is heightened by the discovery of thé faut that the primeval forests were not without the hum of insect life. ..."

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