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Enhance

Enhance Meaning & Definition
Enhance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Enhance: heighten | raise

Related Terms | Find terms related to Enhance: accelerate | acculturate | add to | adorn | advance | agent provocateur | aggravate | ameliorate | amend | amplify | annoy | augment | beautify | become | beef up | better | blow up | boost | bring forward | build up | civilize | complement | complicate | concentrate | condense | consolidate | deepen | deteriorate | double | edify | educate | elevate | embellish | embitter | embroider | emend | enlarge | enlarge upon | enlighten | enrich | exacerbate | exaggerate | exalt | exasperate | fatten | favor | forward | foster | go straight | heat up | heighten | hop up | hot up | improve | improve upon | increase | intensify | irritate | jazz up | key up | lard | lift | magnify | make acute | make an improvement | make complex | make worse | meliorate | mend | mount | nurture | promote | provoke | raise | ramify | redouble | refine upon | reform | reinforce | rise | rouse | sharpen | socialize | soup up | sour | step up | straighten out | strengthen | suit | swell | transfigure | transform | triple | upgrade | uplift | whet | worsen

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

Enhance In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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