enhance
[ en-hans, -hahns ]
Origin of enhance
1First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English enhauncen, from Anglo-French enhauncer, apparently for Old French enhaucer, equivalent to en- en-1 + haucer “to raise” (French hausser ) from the unattested Vulgar Latin altiāre (derivative of Latin altus “high,” with h-, from Germanic; see haughty), though -n- is unexplained
synonym study For enhance
2. See elevate.
Opposites for enhance
Other words from enhance
- en·hance·ment, noun
- en·hanc·ive, adjective
- un·en·hanced, adjective
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How to use enhance in a sentence
Imagine the shock when the unenhanced version is finally revealed.
British Dictionary definitions for enhance
enhance
/ (ɪnˈhɑːns) /
verb
(tr) to intensify or increase in quality, value, power, etc; improve; augment
Origin of enhance
1C14: from Old French enhaucier, from en- 1 + haucier to raise, from Vulgar Latin altiāre (unattested), from Latin altus high
Derived forms of enhance
- enhancement, noun
- enhancer, noun
- enhancive, adjective
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