单词 | enhance |
释义 | enhancev. a. transitive. To lift, raise, set up; also, to raise the level of (ground). Obsolete.By lawyers of 17th cent. used spec. in the sense ‘to raise (a weir in a river) to an (excessive) height’, after Anglo-Norman enhancer in certain statutes. See enhancer n., enhancing n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise heave971 hevenOE onheaveOE rearOE highOE arearc1175 to set above (also aloft, high, on high)c1275 upbraidc1275 to set upc1290 lifta1300 upheavea1300 upraisea1300 upreara1300 enhancec1300 araise1303 hance1303 uplifta1340 lift1362 raisec1384 upbear1390 uphancec1390 advancea1393 haut?a1400 to put upa1400 verec1400 hainc1440 inhigh1483 elevate1497 uphigh1513 alifta1522 height1530 heighten1530 exalt1535 extol1549 sublevate1559 rouse?1567 attol1578 elate1578 vaunce1582 dight1590 higher1592 tower1596 to fetch up1612 relevate1620 screwa1625 transcend1635 stilt1649 allevate1696 stiltify1860 c1300 Holy Cross (Laud) l. 392 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 12 Þe holie Rode was i-founde..in May, He was an-hauset [a1350 Ashm. an-hansed; c1390 Vernon honoured] in septembre. a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 213 Alle þing ich [Christ] wolle to me drawe ȝif ich beo anhaunsed heye [on the cross]. 1388 J. Wyclif Psalms lxxiv. 5 Nyle ȝe enhaunce the horn. a1400–50 Alexander 5068 I, Alexander þe athill..þine pilars en-haunsid. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §26. 37 Wher as the pol is enhawsed vp-on the orisonte. c1400 Mandeville Voiage & Travaile (1839) viii. 95 Thei [the Walles] han ben so filled agen, & the ground enhaunced. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes i. xv. 31 Cruelly he gan enhaunce his honde With his sweorde to yeue her a wounde. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kvij/1 It was a stone..the whyche was enhaunced vpryght. a1500 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 239 Idylnesse and thefte..On the galwys they scholde anhaunse. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John xvi. f. 100v The cause why..was to enhaunce you to heauen. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 52 But father Anchises his palms from strond plat inhauncing. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A5v Who nought aghast his mightie hand enhaunst. 16.. tr. Act 1 Hen. IV xii Them [Weares] that they finde too much enhanced or straited [Fr. trop enhancez ou estretiez] to correct, pull downe, and amend. b. Heraldry. To put (a bend, etc.) in a higher position in the field. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > place charge on [verb (transitive)] > place in higher position in field support1562 enhance1864 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xxi. 359 Three bendlets enhanced arg. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [verb (transitive)] > utter > employ (voice) in utterance speak1382 raisec1384 enhance1483 lilt1513 versea1533 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 33/2 Thirdly it [the church] is halowed by cause that the orysons be enhaunsed there. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 441/2 The preest enhauncyng hys voys sayth, etc. d. ? Misused for: To surpass in height. ΚΠ 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 191 Their circle-spred tops, do kisse or enhance the lower clouds. a. To exalt in dignity, rank, estimation, or wealth. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)] heavec825 higheOE brightenOE clarifya1340 glorifya1340 enhancec1374 stellifyc1384 biga1400 exalt?a1400 raisea1400 shrinea1400 to bear up?a1425 enhighc1440 erect?a1475 assumec1503 amount1523 dignifya1530 to set up1535 extol1545 enthronize1547 augment1567 sublimate?1567 sublime1568 assumptc1571 begoda1576 royalize1589 suscitate1598 swell1601 consecrate1605 realize1611 reara1616 sphere1615 ingreata1620 superexalta1626 soara1627 ascend1628 rise1628 embroider1629 apotheose1632 grandize1640 engreaten1641 engrandizea1652 mount1651 intronificate1653 magnificent1656 superposit1661 grandify1665 heroify1677 apotheosize1695 enthrone1699 aggrandize1702 pantheonize1801 hoist1814 princify1847 queen1880 heroize1887 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. iii Oonly bounte and prowesse may enhawnse euery man ouer oþer men. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xii. 58 So is pruyde en-hansed In religion and al þe reame, among ryche and poure. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 112 To wurshyp I wyl enhaunsen the. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. xv. 276 Fortune enhaunceth men att her owne plaisire. 1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. C The Shepheard of the Ocean..Vnto that Goddesse grace me first enhanced. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iv. 29 He enhaunsed men of low birth to great honours. a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 165 To inhaunce with favours this thy Raigne. b. To elevate spiritually or morally. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > make more important arearc885 upheavea1300 upraisea1300 uphigh13.. enhancec1325 liftc1330 uplift1338 uphebbe1340 uptakec1340 magnifya1382 upreara1382 uphancec1390 preponder?1504 upbring1513 exaggerate1564 greaten1589 weighc1595 to make much matter ofa1649 aggravate1698 aggrandize1709 beef1941 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > be or cause to be spiritual [verb (transitive)] > instruct or improve bindc975 confirma1300 enhancec1325 edify1340 exhancea1450 enlightena1500 build1526 mounta1546 spiritualize1596 sanctify1597 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)] beetc975 betterOE goodOE sharpa1100 amendc1300 enhance1526 meliorate1542 embetter1568 endeara1586 enrich1598 meliorize1598 mend1603 sweeten1607 improve1617 to work up1641 ameliorate1653 solace1667 fine1683 ragout1749 to make something of1778 richen1795 transcendentalize1846 to tone up1847 to do something (also things) for (also to)1880 rich1912 to step up1920 uprate1965 up1968 nice1993 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig. A.xi) (1887) 9412 Ȝe noblemen, anhansieþ [c1425 Harl. an hansyeþ] ȝoure þoȝt & auongeþ nouþe godes grace þat god ȝou aþ ibroȝt. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 42 Þis haþ maad ȝou pore in þingis & enhaunsed ȝou in vertues. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 7 Praiers to God makithe man and woman to be enhaunsed. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dv This gyft..enhaunceth or lyfteth vp the mynde of man to gostlynes and heuenly meditacions. c. To lift up with pride; reflexive to exalt oneself, assume superiority. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > be or become proud [verb (reflexive)] wlenchc1200 pridea1275 enhancec1380 empride1435 brave1581 prune1598 plume1643 value1648 pique1684 bepride1690 hump1835 tumefy1837 preen1880 to be all over oneself1910 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 396 Freris falsely enhansen homself abofe Crist and his apostils. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋540 Flaterie makith a man to enhaunsen his hert and his countenaunce. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 63 That noon of ȝou..enhaunce ȝou silf aboue alle othere Cristen. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E6 There also was king Crœsus, that enhaunst His hart too high. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 170 So content to enlarge Grace, that therewith she will enhaunse her selfe. d. To praise, extol. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] heryc735 mickleeOE loveOE praise?c1225 upraisea1300 alosec1300 commenda1340 allow1340 laud1377 lose1377 avauntc1380 magnifya1382 enhancea1400 roosea1400 recommendc1400 recommanda1413 to bear up?a1425 exalt1430 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 laudifyc1470 gloryc1475 advance1483 to bear out1485 prizec1485 to be or to have in laudationa1500 joya1500 extol1509 collaud1512 concend?1521 solemnize?1521 celebrate1522 stellify1523 to set up1535 well-word1547 predicate1552 glorify1557 to set forth1565 admire1566 to be up with1592 voice1594 magnificate1598 plaud1598 concelebrate1599 encomionize1599 to con laud1602 applauda1616 panegyrize1617 acclamate1624 to set offa1625 acclaim1626 raise1645 complement1649 encomiate1651 voguec1661 phrase1675 to set out1688 Alexander1700 talk1723 panegyricize1777 bemouth1799 eulogizea1810 rhapsodize1819 crack up1829 rhapsody1847 a1400–50 Alexander 2498 Þe mare I spek him dispite..Þe hiȝere I here him enhansed. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail liii. l. 31 Forto Anhawncen there goddis Name. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 60 That the name of our lord Ihesu cryst were more sayntefyed and enhaunced. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 289 Erthe mote blesse the lorde and prayse hym and enhaunce hym on hy wythouten ende. 1627 M. Drayton Nimphidia in Battaile Agincourt 122 Those [poets] more ancient doe inhaunce Alcides in his fury. 3. a. To raise in degree, heighten, intensify (qualities, states, powers, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase the intensity of multiplya1398 sharpenc1450 heighten1523 height1528 strengthen1546 aggravate1549 enhance1559 intend1603 enrich1620 re-enforce1625 wheel1632 reinforce1660 support1691 richen1795 to give a weight to1796 intensify1817 exalt1850 intensate1856 to step up1920 to hot up1937 ramp1981 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Suffolk v. 7 My lucky spede mine honor did enhaunce. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxv. 209 Such a shameful thanklesnesse as inhaunceth their rebelliousnesse a hundredfold. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 234 That which enhances this injury is that it is irreparable. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxxi. 201 These delights were enhanced by the memory of past hardships. 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxii. 139 This dusky wrapper..enhancing by contrast the fairness of her skin. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VII. lxxi. 38 They had what greatly enhanced their effective force—four brass field-pieces. 1872 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce (rev. ed.) 94 Strawberries, bilberries, and currants, enhance their flavour in this zone to an excellence unknown in England. b. To magnify subjectively, make to appear greater; to heighten, exaggerate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] flatter?c1225 engregec1386 enhancec1400 extol?1504 extend1509 aggravate1533 exagger1535 blowa1538 amplify1561 exasperate1561 bombast1566 aggerate1570 enlarge1592 rengrege1601 exaggerate1604 magnify1605 hyperbolize1609 to slobber over ——1761 bloat1896 over-heighten1904 overpitch1904 overblow1961 inflate1982 c1400 Rom. Rose 7248 And where is more wode folye Than to enhaunce chyvalrie. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxiiii Enhauncing the merite and goodnes of Chrystis passyon. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I Introd. 5 How much wil their Divine Majestie..be enhansed thereby? 1737 R. Glover Leonidas ii. 275 Beyond the reach of fiction to inhance. 1788 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1842) II. 211 He did, in the libel aforesaid, enhance his services. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 438 The satirist wished to enhance the infirmity of Philip. 4. a. To raise (prices, value); to increase (charges, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > increase value of enhance1542 improve1548 advantagec1613 appreciate1778 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > increase (prices) raise?a1513 enhance1542 enhaulse1600 exhance1667 inflamea1687 to run up1709 rise1740 to put up1838 hike1904 up1934 price-gouge1940 uplift1962 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 7 To mittigate, and enhaunce the price of wynes..as..occasion shall require. 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. v. i. 135 Their freends are brought unto pouertie by their rents inhanced. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) i. 694 Enhaunce The faire revennewes of the English crowne. 1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies i. lviii. 25 Why could not hungery Esau strive t' enhaunce His price a little? a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 173 Taxes and Customs daily enhansed. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata i. 6 The Value of the Denarius was inhaunc'd from..Ten Asses to that of Sixteen. 1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 430 The Price should be rather inhanc'd than lessen'd. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xx. 511 The price was considerably enhanced by the charge of conveyance. b. intransitive. †Of prices: To rise. Obsolete. In more recent use, (of property, etc.) to increase in value or price. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > rise (of prices) risec1175 enhancea1513 harden1673 raise1761 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > rise (of prices) > rise in price arise1340 rise?1468 mend1606 advance1664 to run up1705 to go up1826 enhance1889 ripen1892 society > trade and finance > monetary value > [verb (intransitive)] > rise in value amount1583 appreciate1779 enhance1892 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cix Corne the yere folowynge was Scant, wherof the pryce this yere began to Enhaunce. 1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 235 Upon complaint of enhancing. 5. a. To raise or increase in price, value, importance, attractiveness, etc. ΚΠ 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter 44 The book has been..greatly enhanced in value by the profuse edging of manuscript notes. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [verb (transitive)] > raise value enhance?1542 deflate1919 upvalue1968 ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors ii. sig. A7 They neuer inhansed their landys, nor toke so cruel fynes. c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 15 This yeare, in November, the Kinge enhaunsed his coyne. 1603 J. Stow Suruay of London (new ed.) 57 The Angell was enhaunced to vii.s. vi.d. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 76 I honour them..more, that study wisely and soberly to inhance their native language. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxiv. 130 Base Mony, may easily be enhansed, or abased. 1704 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) Ded. sig. A2 v Thereby..to Enhaunce a Part of the Mines. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xii. 376 Our Feasts enhanc'd with Music's sprightly Sound. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet II. 39 The poet enhances, By beautiful fancies, The strain. 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