ENH'ANCE, verb transitive enh'ans. 1. To raise; to lift; applied to material things by Spenser, but this application is entirely obsolete. 2. To raise; to advance; to highthen; applied to price or value. War enhances the price of provisions; it enhances rents, and the value of lands. 3. To raise; applied to qualities, quantity, pleasures, enjoyments, etc. Pleasure is enhanced by the difficulty of obtaining it. 4. To increase; to aggravate. The guilt of a crime may be enhanced by circumstances. ENH'ANCE, verb intransitive enh'ans. To be raised; to swell; to grow larger. A debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI