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en·hance  (n-hns)
tr.v. 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.
[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.]
en·hancement n.
en·hancer n.
en·hancive adj.
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Noun1.enhancement - an improvement that makes something more agreeable
sweetening
improvement - the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property"
enhancement
noun improvement, strengthening, heightening, enrichment, increment, embellishment, boost, betterment, augmentation, amelioration


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My memory of the Law, of the two dead sailors, of the ambuscades of the darkness, of the body in the canebrake, haunted me; and, unnatural as it seems, with my return to mankind came, instead of that confidence and sympathy I had expected, a strange enhancement of the uncertainty and dread I had experienced during my stay upon the island.
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The king will then command all those present to essay it, and none will bring it to an end and conclusion save the stranger knight, to the great enhancement of his fame, whereat the princess will be overjoyed and will esteem herself happy and fortunate in having fixed and placed her thoughts so high.
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