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Thesaurus: enhance

To raise or lift up; to exalt.

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  1. v. t. To raise or lift up; to exalt.
  2. v. t. 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.
  3. v. i. To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
  4. v. increase the level of
  5. v. make better or more attractive
  6. 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. To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
  7. To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly bycompound interest.
  8. v:100 v. increase v. make better or more attractive