v.
Pronunciation: ' h ī -t ə n
Function: verb
Inflected Form: height · ened ; height · en · ing \ ' h ī t-ni ŋ , ' h ī -t ə n-i ŋ \
Date: 1523
transitive verb
1 a : 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
2 a : to raise high or higher : ELEVATE b : to raise above the ordinary or trite
3 obsolete : ELATE
intransitive verb
1 archaic : GROW , RISE
2 a : to become great or greater in amount, degree, or extent b : to become brighter or more intense