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English Dictionary: enhance	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for enhance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enhance v increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" Synonym(s): enhance, heighten, raise make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enhance \Enhance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enhanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enhancing}.] [Norm. F. enhauncer, enhaucer, OF. enhaleier, enhaucier; pref. en- (L. in) + haucier to lift, raise up, from an assumed L. altiare, fr. L. altus high; cf. Pr. enansar, enanzar, to advance, exalt, and E. advance. See {Altitude}, and cf. {Hawser}.] 1. To raise or lift up; to exalt. [Obs.] --Wyclif. Who, naught aghast, his mighty hand enhanced. --Spenser. 2. To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance* the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime. The reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated. --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enhance \En*hance"\, v. i. To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.