Enhancing

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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.
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              Who, naught aghast, his mighty hand enhanced.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     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.
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              The reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of
              their services, in making them feared as well as
              hated.                                --Southey.
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