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; Middle English enhauncen < Anglo-French enhauncer, apparently for Old French enhaucer, equivalent to en-en-1 + haucer to raise (French hausser) < Vulgar Latin *altiāre (derivative of Latin altus high, with h- < Germanic; see haughty), though -n- is unexplained
mod. highon marijuana. (Drugs.) : Fred's demeanor is completely enhanced by dinnertime each day.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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