heighten

v., -ened, -en·ing, -ens.

v.tr.

1. To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify.
2. To make high or higher; raise.

v.intr.

1. To rise or increase in quantity or degree; intensify.
2. To become high or higher; rise.

heightener height'en·er n.

verb

1. To make greater in intensity or severity: aggravate, deepen, enhance, intensify, redouble. See increase/decrease.
2. To increase markedly in level or intensity, especially of sound: amplify, elevate, raise. See increase/decrease.

v

Definition: intensify
Antonyms: reduce

v

Definition: make higher
Antonyms: lower

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The verb has 6 meanings:

Meaning #1: become more extreme
  Synonym: rise

Meaning #2: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

Meaning #3: increase
  Synonyms: enhance, raise

Meaning #4: increase the height of

Meaning #5: make more acute; as of one's senses
  Synonym: sharpen

Meaning #6: make more intense, stronger, or more marked
  Synonyms: intensify, compound, deepen

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forhøje, øge, forøge
v. intr. - stige, øges, forstærkes

Nederlands (Dutch)
verhogen, vermeerderen, verhevigen, opvoeren

Français (French)
v. tr. - intensifier, renforcer, accroître, augmenter (le malaise, l'anxiété), rendre (qch) plus vif, accentuer (un effet)
v. intr. - augmenter (une crainte), monter (la tension)

Deutsch (German)
v. - erhöhen, verstärken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υψώνω/-ομαι, ψηλώνω, αυξάνω το ύψος, εντείνω, επιτείνω

Italiano (Italian)
rialzare, intensificare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - levantar, aumentar, intensificar

Русский (Russian)
повышать, усиливать, преувеличивать, делать более интенсивным

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - aumentar, realzar, elevar, hacer más alto
v. intr. - aumentar, crecer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra högre, öka, bli högre, förstärkas

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
增高, 加强, 提高, 变高, 升高, 变强, 变浓

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 增高, 加強, 提高
v. intr. - 變高, 升高, 變強, 變濃

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 높게 하다, 강화 시키다, 과장하다
v. intr. - 높아지다, 강해지다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 高くする, 高める, 増す, 高まる, 強くなる, 強まる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزيد, يضاعف, يعمق, يقوي, يبرز, يوضع بقوة, يجعله أكثر حدة, يرفع, يعلي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הגביה, הגביר‬
v. intr. - ‮גדל, גבה‬

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