Definitions for Enhance
ɛnˈhæns, -ˈhɑnsen·hance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. enhance, heighten, raiseverb

   increase

   "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"

2. enhanceverb

   make better or more attractive

   "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. enhanceverb

   To lift, raise up.

2. enhanceverb

   To augment or make something greater.

3. enhanceverb

   To improve something by adding features.

4. Etymology: enhauncen, from enhauncer, from enhaucier, from *, from in + altus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Enhanceverb

   Etymology: hausser, enhausser, French.

   1. To lift up; to raise on high. A sense now obsolete.

   Both of them high at once their hands enhanc’d,
   And both at once their huge blows down did sway. Fa. Qu.

   2. To raise; to advance; to heighten in price.

   The desire of money is every where the same; its vent varies very little, but as its greater scarcity enhances its price, and increases the scramble. John Locke.

   3. To raise in esteem.

   What is it but the experience of want that enhances the value of plenty. Roger L'Estrange.

   The remembrance of the difficulties we now undergo, will contribute to enhance our pleasure. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   4. To aggravate; to increase from bad to worse.

   To believe or pretend that whatever our hearts incite is the will of God within us, is the principle of villainy that hath acted in the children of disobedience, enhanced and improved with circumstances of greater impudence than the most abominable heathens were guilty of. Henry Hammond.

   The relation which those children bore to the priesthood, contributed to enhance their guilt, and increase their punishment. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

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1. enhance

   To enhance means to intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of something. It involves making improvements or amplifying certain characteristics or features to achieve a more desirable state or outcome.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Enhanceverb

   to raise or lift up; to exalt

2. Enhanceverb

   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

3. Enhanceverb

   to be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest

4. Etymology: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Enhance

   en-hans′, v.t. to heighten: to add to, increase.—n. Enhance′ment, act of enhancing: state of being enhanced: aggravation. [Prob. from O. Fr. enhaucer—L. in, and altus, high.]

Matched Categories

1. • Improve

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Enhance' in Verbs Frequency: #555

How to pronounce Enhance?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Enhance in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Enhance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Enhance in a Sentence

1. Kristen Carpenter:

   Recognizing and taking stock of our emotions, addressing those and then giving ourselves a little grace are essential to moving forward productively in ways that protect and enhance our well-being.

2. Barry Eichengreen:

   The parallels with Argentina are there. A broken banking system, an unsustainable debt, and the need to restore and enhance international competitiveness, but there are reasons to think that reintroduction of the drachma and devaluation would do less for Greece than devaluation did for Argentina. Greece is less open, it exports less.

3. Jose Cuisia:

   We got the largest-ever allocation from the U.S. government this year to enhance defense and security of our country.

4. John Kerry:

   It is not a one-way street, it is a two-way street, with mutual interests and mutual needs that need to be addressed, i am confident that with Camp David those views are going to take shape in a form that will greatly enhance our ability to meet the needs of our people, and the needs of all those people, who want a future that is free of terrorism....

5. Michael Platt:

   We will be stronger and more flexible under our new business model, and see exciting opportunities to grow significantly in terms of numbers of trading teams and assets under management, the new model provides the opportunity to create significant value for our partners, our traders and our staff, due to a step-change in our profitability. It will also allow us to enhance further our ability to attract the highest quality investment talent in markets across the globe.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Enhance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Enhance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Enhance
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Enhance
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Enhance