heighten

v. raise, elevate; increase, intensify, enhance; grow

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Verb
1. become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
(synonym) rise
(hypernym) increase
2. make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"
(hypernym) increase
3. increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
(synonym) enhance, raise
(hypernym) intensify, compound, deepen
(hyponym) potentiate
4. increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
(hypernym) raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
5. make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
(synonym) sharpen
(hypernym) intensify, compound, deepen
(hyponym) subtilize, subtilise
6. make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
(synonym) intensify, compound, deepen
(hypernym) increase
(hyponym) heat up, hot up, screw up
(cause) intensify, deepen

v. zvýšit (se)

Czas. wzmagać (się); uwydatniać (się); powiększać (się); spotęgować

(v. t.)
To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
  

(v. t.)
To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint.