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enhance
- /ɪnˈhɑːns/ UK, Southern England
- /ɛnˈhɑːns/ UK, Southern England
- /ɪnˈhæns/ US
- /ɛnˈhæns/ US
- /ɪnˈhans/ Northern England, Scotland
- /ɛnˈhans/ Northern England, Scotland
Rhymes with -ɑːns, -æns
Where it comes from
From Middle English enhauncen, anhaunsen, from Anglo-Norman anhauncer (“enhance, raise”), from Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre (“raise”), derived from Latin in + altus (“high”). The /h/ in Old French was taken from haut (“high”), where it resulted from Frankish influence.
verb enhances · enhancing · enhanced · inhance · enhaunce
- To lift, raise up. nought aghast, his mightie hand enhaunst: / The stroke down from her head vnto her shoulder glaunst.
- To augment or make something greater. They had no character to preserve, except for courage; and perhaps the reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated by the people.
- To improve something by adding features. A pom-pom to top off a stocking cap, a fringe to feather the edge of a shawl, tassels to define the points of an afghan, these are just a few of the delightful little goodies that enhance handknit things.
- To be raised up; to grow larger. A debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
- To take up contrast agent (for an organ, tissue, or lesion).
Similar: heighten
