Definition of enhance

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en·hance    (n-hns) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
en·hanced, en·hanc·ing, en·hanc·es

1. To make greater, as in value, beauty, or effectiveness; augment.
2. To provide with improved, advanced, or sophisticated features: computer software enhanced with cutting-edge functionalities.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English enhauncen, from Anglo-Norman enhauncer, variant of Old French enhaucier, from Vulgar Latin *inaltire, from Late Latin inaltre : Latin in-, causative pref. ; see en-¹ + Latin altus, high; see al-² in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
en·hancement(Noun), en·hancer(Noun), en·hancive(Adjective)