Definitions for: Enhance


[v] increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
[v] make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"



Webster (1913) Definition: En*hance", 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.


En*hance", v. i.
To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly
by compound interest.

Synonyms: heighten, raise

See Also: ameliorate, amend, better, compound, deepen, improve, intensify, meliorate, potentiate, retouch, touch up

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