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.]

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British National Corpus

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

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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. Chief Executive Bezhalel Machlis:

   The acquisition is an important part of our strategy to enhance our cyber capabilities, a sector in which we see strong growth potential over the coming years.

2. Erec Isaacson:

   We believe Willow will benefit local communities and enhance American energy security while producing oil in an environmentally and socially responsible manner, after nearly five years of rigorous regulatory review and environmental analysis, the National Environmental Policy Act process is almost complete and should be concluded without delay.

3. Carl Hart:

   Think about car accidents, there are 40,000 Americans every year who lose their life on the highway because of cars. Nobody’s saying, ‘aren’t you concerned about that we have these cars available?’ No, what we do, is we try to enhance the safety of that activity.

4. Londoner Kaya Cheshire:

   It's so nostalgic to smell food cooking, adding lemon or cloves and those aromatic things enhance everything and make me feel like I'm not missing out as much — even though I know I am.

5. Refugees Antonio Guterres:

   We are concerned with these measures but I think these measures should make the international community enhance in a very meaningful way support to host countries including Lebanon in order to help them cope with these enormous challenges.

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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