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enhancer
Variant of enhance
enhance
definition
en·hance (en hans′, -häns′; in-)
transitive verb enhanced -·hanced′, enhancing -·hanc′·ing
- to make greater, as in cost, value, attractiveness, etc.; heighten; augment
- to improve the quality or condition of
- to improve electronically the quality or clarity of (a photograph or other image) as by means of a computer
Etymology: ME enhauncen < Anglo-Fr enhauncer < OFr enhaucier < VL *inaltiare < in-, en- + *altiare, to raise < L altus, high
Related Forms:
- enhancement en·hance′·ment noun
- enhancer en·hanc′er noun
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