enhance
Verbin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ɪnˈhɑːns//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ɛnˈhɑːns//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ɪnˈhæns//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ɛnˈhæns//
To augment or make something greater.
Verb
- 1
veraltetTo lift, raise up.
nought aghast, his mightie hand enhaunst: / The stroke down from her head vnto her shoulder glaunst.
- 2
To augment or make something greater.
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
- 3
To improve something by adding features.
A pom-pom to top off a stocking cap, a fringe to feather the edge of a shawl, tassels to define the points of an afghan, these are just a few of the delightful little goodies that enhance handknit things.
The only silver lining for businesses and local residents was that there was at least an end in sight, and that the new station, once built, would enhance the area and provide improved east-west access for pedestrians.
- 4
To be raised up; to grow larger.
A debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
- 5
To take up contrast agent (for an organ, tissue, or lesion).
Herkunft
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.
Formen
- Präteritum
- enhanced
- Partizip II
- enhanced
- Partizip I
- enhancing
- 3. Person Singular
- enhances
enhance · To augment or make something greater.
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