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What is the verb for high?

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heighten
  1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
  2. To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “For high work, heighten the ladder by extending the ladder if it is an extension type.”
      “As such, the facial features of almost all of the actors are that much more defined, which only serves to heighten and intensify the performances.”
      “The parties to contested actions are often at daggers drawn, and the litigious process serves to heighten the hostility between them.”
heightened
highen
  1. (transitive, dialectal) To make high; heighten.
heightening
high
  1. To hie; to hasten.
high
  1. (obsolete) To rise.
heightens
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heighten
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The restrained editing style heightens the intensity and allows greater scrutiny of the characters.”
      “Kildare could have four senators as members of the new Upper House as the contest tension heightens.”
      “At the same time, the destructive capacity of modern warfare heightens the need to limit the use of force.”
heighteneth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heighten
heightenest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of heighten
highed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of high
highing
  1. present participle of high
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