[en-hans, -hahns] 
| 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. |
| 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. |