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heighten

[hahyt-n] / ˈhaɪt n /


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"Heighten our vigilance and defend our motherland," says one.

From Time Magazine Archive

Heighten the color, if too pale, with spinach coloring, and flavor to taste.

From Choice Cookery by Owen, Catherine

Give her the anklets, the rings and the necklace,     Darken her eyelids with delicate Art, Heighten the beauty, so youthful and fleckless,     By the Gods favoured, oh, Bridegroom thou art!

From Last Poems by Hope, Laurence

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

Heighten it a little more, and he could forecast the weather and the seasons, and detect hidden springs and minerals.

From A Year in the Fields by Burroughs, John




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