[height.en] vb height.ened ; height.en.ing vt (1523) 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 obs: elate ~ vi 1 archaic: grow, rise
2. a: to become great or greater in amount, degree, or extent b: to become brighter or more intense