Heighten - Definition

v 1: become more extreme; "The tension heightened" [syn:
heighten, rise]
2: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity;
"heightened interest"
3: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the
tension" [syn: enhance, heighten, raise]
4: increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the
steadily heightened bars"
5: make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your
vision" [syn: sharpen, heighten]
6: make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts
were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for
her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This
event only deepened my convictions" [syn: intensify,
compound, heighten, deepen]