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 Englishenhauncen < Anglo-Frenchenhauncer, apparently for Old Frenchenhaucer, equivalent to en-en-1 + haucer to raise (Frenchhausser) < Vulgar Latin*altiāre (derivative of Latinaltus high, with h- < Germanic; see haughty), though -n- is unexplained
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
late 13c., 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 influence of Frankish word for "high." Related: Enhanced; enhancing.
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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Example sentences
Academic standards at colleges and universities must be incessantly enhanced and maintained.
Your reception and ability to make photographs-and your whole experience-will be enhanced.
Bread, for example, could be enhanced with heart-friendly fish oil.
They suggest both are the result of natural selection for enhanced brainpower.
He found that laughter enhanced the activity of certain immune system cells responsible for killing infectious pathogens.
He saved lives, enhanced people and loved his family and life.
Enhanced transmission and distribution networks would have to tie all of these scattered wind farms together.
It touches virtually all of the sciences and is strengthened and enhanced by them.
Her limbs had been resculpted, and her cleavage astonishingly enhanced.
And by sending out multiple beams, your cellular carrier could deliver enhanced signals to other customers, too.