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en⋅hance
[en-hans, -hahns] 
–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
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
Antonyms:
1. diminish. 2. reduce.
1. diminish. 2. reduce.
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| en·hance (ěn-hāns') tr.v. en·hanced, en·hanc·ing, en·hanc·es
[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
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.Enhance
En*hance"\, v. i. To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
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Language Translation for : enhance
Spanish:
realzar, acrecentar, aumentar,
German:
erhöhen,
Japanese:
高める
enhance
c.1280, from Anglo-Fr. enhauncer, from O.Fr. enhaucier "make greater," from V.L. *inaltiare, from L.L. inaltare "raise, exalt." The -h- in O.Fr. supposedly from infl. of Frankish word for "high."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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