enhance

Definition

To lift, raise up.

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.

Example Sentences

• "nought aghast, his mightie hand enhaunst: / The stroke down from her head vnto her shoulder glaunst."
• "They had no character to preserve, except for courage; and perhaps the reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated by the people."
• "A hereditary monarch relies on pomp and ceremony, which enhance the respect for the institution"