Enhance
[en-hans, -hahns] /ɛnˈhæns, -ˈhɑns/
verb (used with object), enhanced, enhancing.
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.
/ɪnˈhɑːns/
verb
1.
(transitive) to intensify or increase in quality, value, power, etc; improve; augment
v.
late 13c., anhaunsen “to raise, make higher,” from Anglo-French enhauncer, probably from Old French enhaucier “make greater, make higher or louder; fatten, foster; raise in esteem,” from Vulgar Latin *inaltiare, from Late Latin inaltare “raise, exalt,” from altare “make high,” from altus “high” (see old).
Meaning “raise in station, wealth, or fame” attested in English from c.1300. The -h- in Old French supposedly from influence of Frankish *hoh “high.” Related: Enhanced; enhancing.
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