4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: enhanced \enhanced\ adj. improved. Contrasted with {unenhanced}. Syn: better. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: enhanced adj : increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality; "her enhanced beauty was the result of a good night's sleep rather than makeup"; "careful cleaning was responsible for the enhanced value of the painting" From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 62 Moby Thesaurus words for "enhanced": accelerated, advanced, aggrandized, aggravated, ameliorated, amplified, annoyed, augmented, beautified, beefed-up, bettered, bloated, boosted, broadened, civilized, converted, cultivated, cultured, deepened, deliberately provoked, developed, educated, elevated, embellished, embittered, enlarged, enriched, exacerbated, exasperated, expanded, extended, heated up, heightened, hiked, hotted up, improved, increased, inflated, intensified, irritated, jazzed up, magnified, multiplied, perfected, polished, proliferated, provoked, raised, refined, reformed, reinforced, soured, spread, stiffened, strengthened, swollen, tightened, transfigured, transformed, widened, worse, worsened
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