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enhance

/ɪnˈhɑːns/ /ɛnˈhɑːns/ [en-hance]
verb
[with object]
Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.

Origin
Middle English (formerly also as inhance): from Anglo-Norman French enhauncer,
based on Latin in- (expressing intensive force) + altus ‘high’. The
word originally meant ‘elevate’ (literally and figuratively), later
‘exaggerate, make appear greater’, also ‘raise the value or price of
something’. Current senses date from the early 16th century.

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