enhance

[ en-hans, -hahns ]
/ ɛnˈhæns, -ˈhɑns /

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.

Origin of enhance

1325–75; Middle English enhauncen < 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- < Germanic; see haughty), though -n- is unexplained

synonym study for enhance

2. See elevate.

OTHER WORDS FROM enhance

en·hance·ment, noun en·hanc·ive, adjective self-en·hance·ment, noun un·en·hanced, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for enhanced

enhance
/ (ɪnˈhɑːns) /

verb

(tr) to intensify or increase in quality, value, power, etc; improve; augment

Derived forms of enhance

enhancement, noun enhancer, noun enhancive, 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