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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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Enhancement
En*hance"ment\, n. The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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enhancement
n. Common marketroid-speak for a bug fix. This abuse of language is a popular and time-tested way to turn incompetence into increased revenue. A hacker being ironic would instead call the fix a feature -- or perhaps save some effort by declaring the bug itself to be a feature.
Jargon File 4.2.0
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enhancement
1. A change to a product which is intended to make it better in some way, e.g. new functions, faster, or occasionally more compatible with other systems. Enhancements to hardware components, especially integrated circuits often mean they are smaller and less demanding of resources. Sadly, this is almost never true of software enhancements.
2. Marketroid-speak for a bug fix. This abuse of language is a popular and time-tested way to turn incompetence into increased revenue. A hacker being ironic would instead call the fix a feature, or perhaps save some effort by declaring "That's not a bug, that's a feature!".
[The Jargon File]
(1998-04-04)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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