# enhance

Pronunciation: US say "in-HANS" /ɪnˈhæns/; UK say "in-HAHNS" /ɪnˈhɑːns/

## Verb

1. To make something better by giving it new or additional features.
   - Simple: To make something better by adding new parts or features.
   - _Developers enhance the software each year with new features._
   - _A well-chosen soundtrack can enhance a film's emotional impact._
2. To increase something or make it greater in size or amount.
   - Simple: To make something bigger, stronger, or greater than before.
   - _Good lighting enhances the beauty of any room._
   - _Regular practice can enhance a musician's skill._
3. To be raised up, or to grow larger in size or amount.
   - Simple: To rise up or get bigger.
4. To take up contrast agent, so that an organ, tissue, or lesion shows up more clearly on a scan.
   - Simple: In a medical scan, to take in a special dye that makes a body part stand out more clearly.
   - _The lesion began to enhance shortly after the contrast was injected._
   - _Inflamed tissues often enhance more than normal ones on MRI._

## Verb

5. To lift or raise something up. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To lift something up or raise it higher.

## Origin

From Middle English enhauncen, anhaunsen, from Anglo-Norman anhauncer (“to enhance, raise”), from Vulgar Latin *inaltiare (“raise”), which comes from Latin in + altus (“high”). The /h/ in Old French came from haut (“high”), where it arose through Frankish influence.

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