enhance
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From Middle English, enhauncen, from Anglo-Norman enhauncer, from Old French enhaucier (“‘make greater’”), from Late Latin inaltare, from Latin in + altus (“‘high’”)
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to enhance (third-person singular simple present enhances, present participle enhancing, simple past and past participle enhanced)
- To augment or make something greater.
- 2000, Mordecai Roshwald, Liberty: Its Meaning and Scope, page 155
- A hereditary monarch relies on pomp and ceremony, which enhance the respect for the institution
- 2000, Mordecai Roshwald, Liberty: Its Meaning and Scope, page 155
- To improve something by adding features.
- 1986, Maggie Righetti, Knitting in Plain English, page 192
- 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.
- 1986, Maggie Righetti, Knitting in Plain English, page 192
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- See also Wikisaurus:improve
[edit] Translations
augment or make something greater
improve something by adding features
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