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Antonyms for enhancing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-hans, -hahns
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈhæns, -ˈhɑns

Definition of enhancing

Origin :
  • late 13c., anhaunsen "to raise, make higher," from Anglo-French enhauncer, probably from Old French enhaucier "make greater, make higher or louder; fatten, foster; raise in esteem," from Vulgar Latin *inaltiare, from Late Latin inaltare "raise, exalt," from altare "make high," from altus "high" (see old).
  • Meaning "raise in station, wealth, or fame" attested in English from c.1300. The -h- in Old French supposedly from influence of Frankish *hoh "high." Related: Enhanced; enhancing.
  • verb improve, embellish
Example sentences :
  • My Lady had a power of enhancing the effect of her beauty which was as extraordinary.
  • Extract from : « The Admiral » by Douglas Sladen
  • The flat had no doubt been so staged with an idea of enhancing its desirableness.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of Old London » by Sophie Cole
  • His love, enhancing his energy, no doubt hastened his success.
  • Extract from : « The Count's Millions » by Emile Gaboriau
  • This, of course, led quite reasonably to the enhancing of his fortune.
  • Extract from : « Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist » by Samuel Smiles
  • Then it was no more a rumor but an established fact—time, place, and enhancing circumstances all known and repeated.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Narratives » by Mary Antin
  • The remedies proposed to the committee were either a prohibition of export or the enhancing of the English monies.
  • Extract from : « The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 » by William Arthur Shaw
  • It was impossible to deny that Mr Sparks had doubled its value, while enhancing its beauties.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. » by Various
  • The bath is consequently a very important means of preserving the health and enhancing the beauty.
  • Extract from : « Our Deportment » by John H. Young
  • Ornament is one of the principal means of enhancing the value of the raw material.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 » by Various
  • And this, apparently, with the blessed effect of enhancing general American good-will to Britons.
  • Extract from : « New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 » by Various

Synonyms for enhancing

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