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heightened, ppl. a.|ˈhaɪt(ə)nd| [f. prec. + -ed1.] Raised, elevated, exalted; elated; increased, augmented; intensified.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §67 Without mentioning any particular ground for his so heightened Displeasure. 1701J. Woodward Relig. Soc. iv. 84 Numerous and heightened enormities. a1732T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 80 A humbled spirit is better than a heightened condition. 1873M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma (1876) 38 Holiness is but a heightened righteousness. b. Her. (See quot.)
1873Boutell & Aveling Heraldry 159 Heightened, having a decorative accessory or another charge placed above or higher in the field. |