[He] spake these same words, all on hight.
Chaucer.
Height"en (ht"'n), v. t. [Written also highten.] [imp. & p. p.
Heightened (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Heightening.] 1. To make high; to raise
higher; to elevate.
2. 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. "To
heighten our confusion." Addison.
An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous.
Hawthorne.
Height"en*er (?), n. [Written also hightener.] One who, or that which,
heightens.
Hei"nous (h"ns), a. [OF. haÔnos hateful, F. haineux, fr. OF. haÔne
hate, F. haine, fr. haÔr to hate; of German origin. See Hate.] Hateful;
hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great offense; --
applied to deeds or to character.
It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege.
Hooker.
How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt!
Milton.
Syn. -- Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious.
-- Hei"nous*ly, adv. -- Hei"nous*ness, n.
Heir (?), n. [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L. heres; of
uncertain origin. Cf. Hereditary, Heritage.] 1. One who inherits, or is
entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death
of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of
another at the death of the latter.