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- verb Present participle of
heighten .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective reaching a higher intensity
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Examples
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He borrows only to shew his own Talents in heightening, refining and polishing all that is furnished him by others, and thereby secures his Character as a fine Writer, from being confounded with that of the Dull Copyer.
Imitation of life Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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He borrows only to shew his own Talents in heightening, refining and polishing all that is furnished him by others, and thereby secures his Character as a fine Writer, from being confounded with that of the Dull Copyer.
Archive 2007-02-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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The “Attention Trust” folks appear to be interested in heightening awareness of the ways in which our web-activities are consolidated and create an “identity”.
Why Top Ten Sources is a Good Thing « Scripting News Annex 2006
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Who could disentangle the effect of the Great War, both in heightening Canada's sense of her own personality, her own individuality as a nation, and on the other hand her sense of the inseparable, the unseverable, bonds that join us all together?
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The model, Coleridge suggests, also applies to Radcliffe's fiction: in heightening curiosity and desire to a point at which a reader can only be disappointed by rational explanation, it seems to play narrative mechanism against habituated expectation, bursting superstitious credulity in the process: "the passion of terror," itself "excited by trick," "would degenerate into repetition, and would disappoint curiosity" (1798,
Reading Machines 2005
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Is that what's kind of heightening tensions around there?
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The use of F. I.R is a breakthrough in sports medicine because of the other health benefits it brings, such as heightening the oxygen level in the blood and flushing out harmful toxins in the body.
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Even though the kind of heightening environment can last for one or two years, this will enable Cogo to still be able to grow in a slowed-down economy.
unknown title 2008
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Home prices fall in nearly all major cities, heightening fears of double dip PostBusiness @ WaPo
On Eve Of State Of The Union, The Housing Market Is Hitting The Skids Jason Linkins 2011
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Home prices fall in nearly all major cities, heightening fears of double dip PostBusiness @ WaPo
On Eve Of State Of The Union, The Housing Market Is Hitting The Skids Jason Linkins 2011
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