'Enhance' definitions:
Definition of 'enhance'
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Definition of 'Enhance'
From: GCIDE
- Enhance \En*hance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enhanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Enhancing.] [Norm. F. enhauncer, enhaucer, OF. enhaleier, enhaucier; pref. en- (L. in) + haucier to lift, raise up, from an assumed L. altiare, fr. L. altus high; cf. Pr. enansar, enanzar, to advance, exalt, and E. advance. See Altitude, and cf. Hawser.]
- 1. To raise or lift up; to exalt. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
- Who, naught aghast, his mighty hand enhanced. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime. [1913 Webster]
- The reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Enhance'
From: GCIDE
- Enhance \En*hance"\, v. i. To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'enhance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerate,
- acculturate,
- add to,
- adorn,
- advance,
- agent provocateur,
- aggravate,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- amplify,
- annoy,
- augment,
- beautify,
- become,
- beef up,
- better,
- blow up,
- boost,
- bring forward,
- build up,
- civilize,
- complement,
- complicate,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- consolidate,
- deepen,
- deteriorate,
- double,
- edify,
- educate,
- elevate,
- embellish,
- embitter,
- embroider,
- emend,
- enlarge,
- enlarge upon,
- enlighten,
- enrich,
- exacerbate,
- exaggerate,
- exalt,
- exasperate,
- fatten,
- favor,
- forward,
- foster,
- go straight,
- heat up,
- heighten,
- hop up,
- hot up,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- increase,
- intensify,
- irritate,
- jazz up,
- key up,
- lard,
- lift,
- magnify,
- make acute,
- make an improvement,
- make complex,
- make worse,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- mount,
- nurture,
- promote,
- provoke,
- raise,
- ramify,
- redouble,
- refine upon,
- reform,
- reinforce,
- rise,
- rouse,
- sharpen,
- socialize,
- soup up,
- sour,
- step up,
- straighten out,
- strengthen,
- suit,
- swell,
- transfigure,
- transform,
- triple,
- upgrade,
- uplift,
- whet,
- worsen