Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To improve or augment, especially in effectiveness, value, or attractiveness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To raise up; lift up; elevate.
- To raise to a higher degree; increase to a higher point; carry upward or to a greater extent; heighten; make greater: as, to
enhance prices, or one's reputation or dignity; to enhance misery or sorrow. - Synonyms To swell, augment, aggravate.
- To be raised; swell; grow larger: as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To be raised up; to grow larger.
- transitive verb obsolete To raise or lift up; to exalt.
- transitive verb To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; ; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
lift ,raise up. - verb To
augment or make somethinggreater . - verb To
improve something byadding features . - verb intransitive To be raised up; to grow larger.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make better or more attractive
- verb increase
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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For paint and appliance makers, the labels enhance their green bona fides and perhaps even boost sales. —
Q&A: What does the Green Wise logo on paint cans indicate? 2010
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For paint and appliance makers, the labels enhance their green bona fides and perhaps even boost sales.
Q&A: What does the Green Wise logo on paint cans indicate? 2010
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The strategy works best in a sideways to slightly uptrending market in which the premiums from selling the calls enhance total returns.
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A rising of the value for life would in the long term enhance how we treat each other, and reduce the numbers of violent acts that we see, and IMO abortion as well.
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The important question is, will such an approach over the long term enhance or diminish his status as a blogger?
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LOTHIAN (voice-over): Standing in front of a copy of the Constitution, President Obama delivered a defense for his national security policies, from banning so-called enhance interrogations like water-boarding, to closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
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"It's a complete mystery but there's not much doubt that the two little letters after the name do enhance the allure of women and men when they get to this position," said Labour MP for Newport West, Paul Flynn.
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The launches of Extensions and Time to Call enhance our domestic and global service offerings for landline and mobile customers.
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She forgot to tell everyone not to eat them, they were only there to "enhance" the flavor.
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She forgot to tell everyone not to eat them, they were only there to "enhance" the flavor.
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