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Enhancing - 2 dictionary results

en⋅hance

  [en-hans, -hahns]
Use Enhancing in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -hanced, -hanc⋅ing.
1. to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candelight enhanced her beauty.
2. to raise the value or price of: Rarity enhances the worth of old coins.
Origin:
1325–75; ME enhauncen < AF enhauncer, appar. for OF enhaucer, equiv. to en- en- 1 + haucer to raise (F hausser) < VL *altiāre (deriv. of L altus high, with h- < Gmc; see haughty ), though -n- is unexplained

Related forms:
en⋅hance⋅ment, noun
en⋅hanc⋅ive, adjective

Synonyms:
2. See elevate.

Antonyms:
1. diminish. 2. reduce.
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en·hance   (ěn-hāns')   
tr.v.   en·hanced, en·hanc·ing, en·hanc·es
  1. To make greater, as in value, beauty, or effectiveness; augment.
  2. 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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