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en·hance       (ěn-hāns')  Pronunciation Key  tr.v.   en·hanced, en·hanc·ing, en·hanc·es To make greater, as in value, beauty, or effectiveness; augment. To provide with improved, advanced, or sophisticated features: computer software enhanced with cutting-edge functionalities. [Middle English enhauncen, from Anglo-Norman enhauncer, variant of Old French enhaucier, from Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre, from Late Latin inaltāre : Latin in-, causative pref.; see en-1 + Latin altus, high; see al-2 in Indo-European roots.] en·hance'ment n., en·hanc'er n., en·hanc'ive adj.

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enhance
verb
1.	increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
2.	make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

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Enhance

Al"ti*tude\, n. [L. altitudo, fr. altus high. Cf. Altar, Haughty, Enhance.]

1. Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.

2. (Astron.) The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.

3. (Geom.) The perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc.

4. Height of degree; highest point or degree.

He is [proud] even to the altitude of his virtue. --Shak.

5. Height of rank or excellence; superiority. --Swift.

6. pl. Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs. [Colloq.] --Richardson.

The man of law began to get into his altitude. --Sir W. Scott.

Meridian altitude, an arc of the meridian intercepted between the south point on the horizon and any point on the meridian. See Meridian, 3.

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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.