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verb (used with object), en·hanced, en·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; 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
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
Related forms
en·hance·ment, noun
en·hanc·ive, adjective
self-en·hance·ment, noun
un·en·hanced, adjective
Antonyms
1. diminish. 2. reduce.
1. diminish. 2. reduce.
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enhance (ɪnˈhɑːns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to intensify or increase in quality, value, power, etc; improve; augment | |
| [C14: from Old French enhaucier, from | |
| en'hancement | |
| —n | |
| en'hancer | |
| —n | |
| en'hancive | |
| —adj | |
| enhance (ɪnˈhɑːns) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to intensify or increase in quality, value, power, etc; improve; augment | |
| [C14: from Old French enhaucier, from | |
| en'hancement | |
| —n | |
| en'hancer | |
| —n | |
| en'hancive | |
| —adj | |
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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.
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enhancement definition
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!".
[Jargon File]
(1998-04-04)
Example sentences
It will depend on the slow and persistent enhancement of students' general knowledge, beginning in preschool.
The result will not be an enhancement of wheat genetics but precisely the opposite.
Already-inbred populations can actually get genetic benefit of inbreeding enhancement by continuing to inbreed.
But the implicit put option, at par value, is not backed up by any capital or official enhancement whatsoever.
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