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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
Who naught aghast, his mighty hand enhanced.
--Spenser.
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.
The reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of
their services, in making them feared as well as
hated. --Southey.
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