Definition of Heightens

1. Verb. (third-person singular of heighten) ¹

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Definition of Heightens

1. heighten [v] - See also: heighten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heightens

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 (current term)
heightfield
heightfields
heighth
heighths
heightism
heightisms
heightist
heightless
heightmap
heightmaps
heights
heightwise
heigth
heil

Literary usage of Heightens

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

1. The History of Modern Painting by Richard Muther (1895)
"The Revolution heightens the enthusiasm for the antique, and once more gives classicism an appearance of brilliant animation.—Jacques Louis David. ..."

2. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
""în'e, or form ¡t new sect, but to a l>ride, but heightens hap- ! rational, must be satisfied mil only be ..."

3. Sermons and discourses on several subjects and occasions by Francis Atterbury (1820)
"Every consideration which heightens his matchless virtues, and endears his memory to us, serves also to enhance the wickedness of those sons of Belial, ..."

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