Nearby Words
Free Expert Proofreading www.editing-easy.com For A Limited Time Only. We Edit Your First Paper For Free.
Bigger, Harder & Stronger www.fruitydirectory.com Find Solutions & Options to Get It Big, Hard and Long Lasting.
Dictionary.com Free Toolbar Dictionary.com Define Enhancing Instantly. Faster Page Loads With Fewer Ads.
Ads
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; 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.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To enhancing
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Enhancing
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| 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. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
enhance
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Matching Quote
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.