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third-person singular simple present heightens, present participle heightening, simple past and past participle heightened
To make high; to raise higher; to elevate. quotations examples
Black Bridge, near Machynlleth, is being heightened by one metre in a £3.6 million project to reduce delays caused by flooding.
2021 June 2, “Network News: Cambrian Line bridge is raised”, in RAIL, number 932, page 23
To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc. quotations examples
If Mr Brown chooses, he could raise his estimate of the economy's "trend" rate of growth in the coming years and so heighten his hopes of tax revenues.
2006 December 6, Ashley Seager, “Employment rise gives chancellor a boost”, in The Guardian