Definitions
increase the level of
Word origin
From Middle English enhauncen, anhaunsen, from Anglo-Norman anhauncer (“enhance, raise”), from Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre (“raise”), derived from Latin in + altus (“high”). The /h/ in Old French was taken from haut (“high”), where it resulted from Frankish influence.
Used in a sentence
“nought aghast, his mightie hand enhaunst: / The stroke down from her head vnto her shoulder glaunst.”
“They had no character to preserve, except for courage; and perhaps the reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated by the people.”
“A hereditary monarch relies on pomp and ceremony, which enhance the respect for the institution”
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