enhance

== English == === Alternative forms === inhance, enhaunce, inhaunce (all obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English enhauncen, anhaunsen, from Anglo-Norman anhauncer (“enhance, raise”), from Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre (“raise”), derived from Latin in + altus (“high”). The /h/ in Old French was taken from haut (“high”), where it resulted from Frankish influence. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈhɑːns/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈhæns/, /ɛnˈhæns/ Rhymes: -ɑːns, -æns === Verb === enhance (third-person singular simple present enhances, present participle enhancing, simple past and past participle enhanced) (obsolete) To lift, raise up. To augment or make something greater. To improve something by adding features. (intransitive) To be raised up; to grow larger. (radiology) To take up contrast agent (for an organ, tissue, or lesion). ==== Synonyms ==== heighten See also Thesaurus:improve ==== Antonyms ==== dehance ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Verb === enhance (Late Middle English) alternative form of enhauncen