HEIGHTEN

verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1523 transitive verb 1. to increase the amount or degree of ; augment , to make brighter or more intense ; deepen , to bring out more strongly ; point up, to make more acute ; sharpen , 2. to raise high or higher ; elevate , to raise above the ordinary or trite, elate , intransitive verb grow , rise , 2. to become great or greater in amount, degree, or extent, to become brighter or more intense