enhance
[ en-hans, -hahns ]
/ ɛnˈhæns, -ˈhɑns /
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verb (used with object), en·hanced, en·hanc·ing.
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Origin of enhance
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English enhauncen, from Anglo-French enhauncer, apparently for Old French enhaucer, equivalent to en- en-1 + haucer “to raise” (French hausser ) from the unattested Vulgar Latin altiāre (derivative of Latin altus “high,” with h-, from Germanic; see haughty), though -n- is unexplained
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2. See elevate.
OTHER WORDS FROM enhance
en·hance·ment, nounen·hanc·ive, adjectiveun·en·hanced, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for enhance
enhance
/ (ɪnˈhɑːns) /
verb
(tr) to intensify or increase in quality, value, power, etc; improve; augment
Derived forms of enhance
enhancement, nounenhancer, nounenhancive, adjectiveWord Origin for enhance
C14: from Old French enhaucier, from en- 1 + haucier to raise, from Vulgar Latin altiāre (unattested), from Latin altus high
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