enhance. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

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enhance

SYLLABICATION:	en·hance
PRONUNCIATION:	n-hns
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: 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.
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 Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	en·hancement —NOUN en·hancer —NOUN en·hancive —ADJECTIVE


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