heighten
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"Heighten our vigilance and defend our motherland," says one.
From Time Magazine Archive
Give her the anklets, the ring, and the necklace, Darken her eyelids with delicate art, Heighten the beauty, so youthful and fleckless, By the Gods favored, oh, Bridegroom, thou art!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
One year he fell into the hands of old Mrs. Heighten.
From The Evolution of Dodd by Smith, William Hawley
The lotus with the Saivala entwined Is not a whit less brilliant: dusky spots Heighten the lustre of the cold-rayed moon: This lovely maiden in her dress of bark Seems all the lovelier.
From Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala by Arnold, Edwin, Sir
Heighten the color, if too pale, with spinach coloring, and flavor to taste.
From Choice Cookery by Owen, Catherine
Vocabulary lists containing heighten
And Then There Were None
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Part 3 Vocabulary II (Unit 1)
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"Watching New Love as It Sears the Brain," Vocabulary from the article
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