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单词 heightened
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heightenedadj.

Brit. /ˈhʌɪtnd/, U.S. /ˈhaɪtnd/
Etymology: < heighten v. + -ed suffix1.
a. Raised, elevated, exalted; elated; increased, augmented; intensified.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing in intensity or degree > increased in intensity or degree
strengthened1578
intended1590
exasperate1601
intenseda1658
aggrandized1689
heightened1701
intensated1831
intensified1862
stepped1933
1701 J. Woodward Acct. Relig. Societies London (ed. 3) iv. 84 Numerous and heightened Enormities.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 27 Without mentioning any particular ground for his so heightened Displeasure.
a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 80 A humbled spirit is better than a heightened condition.
1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma i. 38 Holiness is but a heightened righteousness.
b. Heraldry. (See quot. 1873.)
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1873 C. Boutell & S. T. Aveling Heraldry 159 Heightened, having a decorative accessory or another charge placed above or higher in the field.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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