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enhance

[ en-hans, -hahns ]
/ ɛnˈhæns, -ˈhɑns /
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verb (used with object), en·hanced, en·hanc·ing.
to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
to raise the value or price of: Rarity enhances the worth of old coins.
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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

synonym study for enhance

2. See elevate.

OTHER WORDS FROM enhance

en·hance·ment, nounen·hanc·ive, adjectiveun·en·hanced, adjective
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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, adjective

Word 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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